space marketing boycott in the new york times on sunday may th in the week in review section there was a report of a group called space marketing in atlanta georgia who is planning to put up a one mile wide reflective earth orbiting satelite which will appear as large and as bright as the moon and carry some sort of advertising there was an editorial about this in the times the following tuesday are others as upset about this as i am i feel that a global boycott of anyone involved with such a project would be a good idea perhaps it could be made illegal in various countries around the world do others agree david relevant messages found on the net from webb tsavo hks com peter webb newsgroups sci space subject stopping the sky vandals date may gmt organization hks inc distribution world if you don t want to see space marketing put up orbiting billboards write them or call them and tell them so you might also write your congresspeople space marketing can be reached at attn mike lawson public relations dept space marketing atmbree rd suite rosewell ga peter webb webb hks com hibbitt karlsson sorensen inc voice main st pawtucket ri fax alternatively you could try to find out who their clients will be and tell them how you feel newsgroups sci astro sci space sci misc sci environment talk environment from klaes verga enet dec com larry klaes subject light pollution space ads information keywords light pollution advertisements organization digital equipment corporation date thu may gmt dave crawford crawford noao edu executive director of the international dark sky association ida sent me information on where you can write in regards to the proposed billboards in the sky and asked me to post it karen brown center for the study of commercialism connecticut avenue suite washington d c u s a telephone fax please note that i have no involvement whatsoever with the csc larry klaes klaes verga enet dec com or decwrl verga enet dec com klaes or klaes verga dec decwrl enet dec com or klaes verga enet dec com uunet uu net all the universe or nothing h g wells ejasa editor astronomical society of the atlantic from kjenks gothamcity jsc nasa gov newsgroups sci space subject re vandalizing the sky date may gmt distribution sci organization nasa jsc gm space shuttle program office x newsreader tin version pl x posted from algol jsc nasa gov f baube tm flb flb optiplan fi wrote that s roughly akin to saying let s let anaconda strip mine the grand canyon so that strip mining can boldly go where no strip mining technology has gone before because after all mining means profits and profits mean technological advance ment and technogical advancement means prosperity and pros perity means happiness and so to hell with the grand canyon space advertisement in low earth orbit is very short term on the order of a few years before the orbit decays higher orbits last longer advertisers will certainly be aware of the environmental aspects of their advertising fred s argument is roughly akin to saying that it s bad to cut down trees so we shouldn t advertise in newspapers think that through fred picture this our space billboard is a large inflatable structure filled with bio degradable foam instead of gas it scoops up space debris as it orbits thus cleaning the space environment and bringing you the pause that refreshes at the same time because of the large drag coefficient it will de orbit safely burning up within a year embedded in the foam structure is a small re entry vehicle which does not burn up during entry it contains the electronics and propulsion system which may be refurbished and re used as well as space science experiments proposed and built by high school students in advertiser sponsored science fairs advertisers buy time on the billboard whose surface is made up of tiny mirrors controlled by the avionics package the avionics can reconfigure the mirrors to reflect different messages at different parts of the globe clever programming allows different languages to every country during orbital night the mirrors turn perpendicular to the surface and small lights are revealed the lights spell out messages for all to see ken jenks nasa jsc gm space shuttle program office kjenks gothamcity jsc nasa gov here men from the planet earth first set foot upon the moon july a d we came in peace for all mankind
