vandalizing the sky from the article what s new apr in sci physics research what s new in my opinion friday april washington dc space billboards is this one the spinoffs we were promised in science fiction writer robert heinlein published the man who sold the moon which involved a dispute over the sale of rights to the moon for use as billboard nasa has taken the firsteps toward this hideous vision of the future observers were startled this spring when a nasa launch vehicle arrived at the pad with schwarzenegger painted in huge block letters on the side of the booster rockets space marketing inc had arranged for the ad to promote arnold s latest movie now space marketing is working with university of colorado and livermore engineers on a plan to place a mile long inflatable billboard in low earth orbit nasa would provide contractual launch services however since nasa bases its charge on seriously flawed cost estimates wn mar the taxpayers would bear most of the expense this may look like environmental vandalism but mike lawson ceo of space marketing told us yesterday that the real purpose of the project is to help the environment the platform will carry ozone monitors he explained advertising is just to help defray costs what do you think of this revolting and hideous attempt to vandalize the night sky it is not even april anymore what about light pollution in observations i read somewhere else that it might even be visible during the day leave alone at night is nasa really supporting this junk are protesting groups being organized in the states really really depressed enzo vincenzo liguori enzo research canon oz au canon information systems research australia phone po box north ryde nsw fax
