Popular culture Space advertising
large billboards in space have been featured in several science fiction books, films , television series, notably animated series futurama. shown satire of commercialisation. in fredric brown s 1945 short story, pi in sky, inventor rearranges apparent positions of stars form advertising slogan. in robert a. heinlein s 1951 novella man sold moon protagonist raises funds lunar ambitions publicly describing means of covering visible lunar face in advertising , propaganda, , taking money not so. in isaac asimov s 1958 short story buy jupiter, group of extraterrestrials broker deal governments of earth purchase planet jupiter use advertisement platform starships worlds passed planet. a red dwarf novel features advertising campaign whereby ship sent on mission coca-cola company cause 128 stars go supernova in order visibly spell words coke adds life! across sky on earth. message intended last 5 weeks, , visible in daylight. in episode of carmen sandiego s television show, plans launch ro