In Space Everyone Can See You Scream

During the 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society earlier this month, the organization agreed to oppose and attempt to enforce the limitation of obtrusive space advertising, as companies like Startrocket — whose promo image is shown above — are pioneering the technologies to launch payloads into space with the purpose of functioning as “platforms for displaying advertisements visible to observers on the ground by emitting optical light”. We will all have to settle for drone shows forming logos or, worse, waiting for logos at the end of TV ads like Neanderthals.