WASHINGTON — Astronomers are calling on nations to ban advertising in space that can be seen from the ground, calling it the latest threat to the dark and quiet sky.
At a briefing during the 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society earlier this month, the organization rolled out a statement calling for bans on “obtrusive space advertising” because of the interference it could cause for groundbased astronomy.
Obtrusive space advertising is defined in U.S. federal law as “advertising in outer space that is capable of being recognized by a human being on the surface of the Earth without the aid of a telescope or other technological device.” Such advertising is banned in federal law through prohibitions on granting launch licenses for missions carrying payloads to carry out space advertising.
Please God no. This timeline is fucking horrible.
Is it time for molotovs yet?
I would say it’s long past time. Just waiting until ice kicks down my door and shoots my cats and puts a bag over my head with this post.
Oh please, y’all would talk about molotoves and guillotines everyday, yet none of you would do a thing.
Wild that you went from suggesting scalping to accusing others of incapacity for violence. When’s the last time you scalped someone, or were at least present when someone was scalped?
But seriously, don’t answer that. Admissions of arson and interpersonal violence don’t mean much anonymously online unless you bring receipts, but as anonymity isn’t actually anonymous, so dropping a Greatest Hits of crimes the state couldn’t prove at the time for clout is ill advised.
So… yes?
they shouldn’t seek a global ban on it?
I can see how my statement might have been a little confusing. I would absolutely love to see a global ban of advertising in space coupled with rockets that automatically fire and take out any space billboards that are snuck up there.