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 rockets transform moon s face show s logo.

in cartoon tick chairface chippendale attempts write name on moon fails , writes letters cha .