Fri
Jan 18 2019
04:37 pm
A Russian startup just revealed plans to use swarms of tiny, light-reflecting satellites to create sprawling billboards in space.
The first of StartRocket's space-based ads, shown in a new concept video released by the company last week, could go up by 2021. The ads — a bit like skytyping, only in low-Earth orbit rather than in the atmosphere — would be visible only at night but could be seen from just about anywhere on Earth
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This is disgusting. I would
This is disgusting. I would not buy any product advertised in such a manner.
Sounds like a cool idea.
Sounds like a cool idea. Don’t know how believable any of the ads will be though.
Sounds like a job for the
Sounds like a job for the Space Force!