re no re space marketing would be wonderfull in article may ucsu colorado edu fcrary ucsu colorado edu frank crary writes in article t pkc ovf almaak usc edu ajayshah almaak usc edu ajay shah writes if this idea goes through it s the thin end of the wedge soon companies will be doing larger and more permanant billboards in the sky i wouldn t want a world a few decades from now when the sky looks like las vegas that would really make me sad think for a moment about the technology required to do that by the time they could make the earth s sky look like las vegas the people could afford to go backpacking on the moon round trip costs for kg to the moon would be about the same as kg in a low earth advertising orbit very roughly the same cost as a smallish billboard therefore if such ads were to become common place that would have to be a very low price this is nonsense its like saying that by the time commercials on television become commonplace every citizen will have their own hour long nationally broadcast tv program there s always been a problem of having to get away from civilization before you can really find natural scenery years ago this usually didn t take a trip of over miles today most people would have to go miles or more if we ever get to the point where we have billboards on orbit that essentially means that no place on earth is still wild while that may or may not be a good thing the orbital billboards aren t the problem they are just a symptom of growing densely populated civilization banning such ads will not save your view of the night sky because by the time such ads could become widespread you will probably have trouble finding a place without street lights where you can see the stars the rest of your post is strange mishmash of its already really bad and it doesn t really matter if it gets worse you should try to figure out what you are really arguing for kneejerk anti environ mentalism david p s a passing sattelite does not have the same effect on visible light astronomy as an object as bright as the full moon
