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No Billboards in Space
An anonymous reader writes "CNN is reporting that the Federal Aviation Administration proposed Thursday to amend its regulations to ensure that it can enforce a law that prohibits 'obtrusive' advertising in zero gravity." From the article: "For instance, outsized billboards deployed by a space company into low Earth orbit could appear as large as the moon and be seen without a telescope, the FAA said. Big and bright advertisements might hinder astronomers."
Sure, I can just picture Europe standing up to us when we take down their billboards. Our space program can reach any billboard they could put up and then some. Whereas on the other end of the process, their military includes the french.
"Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
So who has the right to sell those plots of land on the moon, or mars?
£££ for something you'll never see or have anything to do with again.
...I'm just so glad that people who are complete fucking retards and can't earn an honest penny in their life, can sell this bullshit and get rich.... yeah, it makes my IT talent and hard work, seem so worth it, even though I earn jack shit. Pft!
I tried to sell land on the moon and mars myself but got laughed at every occasion I tried. I don't see why, same rules should apply to me as they do to some smart ass company who thinks they own the whole universe.
Who has been able to put people there for the last two years?
Answer: Not the US.
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