https://futurism.com/spacex-billboard-ads-space

  • PapaEmeritusIII [any]
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    3 years ago

    The satellite will have a screen on one side where people and companies can bid to have their logos and advertisements displayed, along with a “selfie stick” that’ll snap photos of the ads with the Earth in the background. Thankfully, the system won’t be visible from the ground

    Looks like the author made some important edits after the screenshot was taken. A cubesat can’t have a “massive screen”; cubesats are teeny.

    Corporations would put massive, visible-from-the-ground billboards into space in a heartbeat if they could, but we’re fortunately not there yet.