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Glowing Space Billboards Could Show Ads in the Night Sky

posted by takyon on Saturday January 19 2019, @03:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the Eat-at-Joe's dept.

"MrPlow" writes:

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Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/glowing-space-billboards-could-light-up-the-night-sky-in-2020/

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 Runaway1956 on Saturday January 19 2019, @03:44PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 19 2019, @03:44PM (#788661) Journal

    When I get up 250 miles above the earth, there will be a Mickey D's waiting to serve me. Unfortunately, there probably won't be any restaurants.

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 19 2019, @04:11PM (1 child)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday January 19 2019, @04:11PM (#788673) Homepage Journal

    I'd go with Milliways instead if you're already leaving the planet.

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by BsAtHome on Saturday January 19 2019, @04:45PM

      by BsAtHome (889) on Saturday January 19 2019, @04:45PM (#788681)

      Did you make reservations and deposited a penny long long ago?