re space marketing would be wonderfull dnash uxa cso uiuc edu david nash writes we re talking about an orbiting ad here not some little point of light that puts a streak or two on a photograph it should have been clear that anything used for advertisement is going to be a bit larger than a point source even if this was not clear there s a previous post on this topic that makes it clear message id fox may graphics nyu edu sender notes cmcl nyu edu notes person nntp posting host graphics cs nyu edu organization courant institute of mathematical sciences date sun may gmt lines 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 from the description i ve read it s prob only going to be as bright as jupiter anything else is probably hype from the opponents or wishful thinking from the sponsors if we could do something as bright as the full moon that soon that cheap the cis would have done it already phil fraering number one good faith you convert pgf srl cacs usl edu you not tortured by demons anon mahen missionary
