Re: SpaceX - Can the Pepsi Cola Space Platform be far Behind?

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday, May 25, 2012 2:43:14 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
> Space X just docked the first recoverable private cargo capsule with the
> International Space Station.  Space is going private.  Is that a good thing?
> Can we regulate what private companies do in space?  If not is that a bad
> thing?
>
> I don't recall if it was Coca Cola or PepsiCo who originally offered to
> bankroll the ISS if they could have their logo painted the length of the
> station.  Now that we have private companies directly in the space delivery
> business how long will it be before there is a 500 mile long light array in
> our night sky proudly hawking feminine hygene products?  Without government
> regulation how graphic will it be?  LOL.
>
> The real question is, "Which one of us is already working on the shielded
> control and communication module for the giant billboard?"

I can just imagine that our grandchildren will live to see the time when the night sky will include a giant tampon pointing to the north star.