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Look up at the night sky in 2020 and you might see an ad for McDonald's floating among the stars. A startup is planning to use a constellation of tiny satellites to create glowing ads. The satellites would light up different messages for up to six minutes at a time at about 250 miles above Earth.
Also at Futurism.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday January 20 2019, @01:14AM (1 child)
You're worried about nothing. It's an idiotic idea that will only lose every penny invested in it. Light pollution ensures that if there are enough people to bother advertising to, they'll never see the ads.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Sunday January 20 2019, @05:35AM
I'm certain it will eventually fail (one might say go down in flames), I just hope it happens before they strap a JATO on the pig.