dear god...i hope this doesn't happen

but what about all those people who bought properties on the moon?

the company would be trespassing on their land...

i can hear some old fogie saying "Damm robot...get off my lawn!!"

We need to ban advertisement on the moon! This is ridiculous!

I remember seeing a spot in Star Trek where you could see the Luna colony from Earth. It was very cool. Better to see a lake and some green than the Microsoft Windows logo...

Can someone designate the moon as an international park to prevent the logo stuff?

This doesn't sound logical at all.

1. With the size of the images, they would need too many robots to be able to change the image that is displayed quickly.

2. If they are able to create an image, why can't they change it? You wouldn't be tattooing your initials on the moon "forever". Only until they change the image.

3. Do they really think they can make an image that is readable here on earth? There is only so much detail you can put into a black and white image that is 238,855 miles away.

There are way to many things that make this idea ridiculous.

They need to get their heads out of the clouds and come back to earth.

Nooooo! Do not let companies junk up space with a bunch of ads and spam. Which later will mean courts, frivilous lawsuits, and EVEN worse lawyers. Earth isn't enough huh? Now we got those who want to junk up the moon and space in general. I sure don't want to look up at the night sky and see big glowing Viagra or tampon advert.

It didn't include my link to the distance from the earth to the moon.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_ [...] o_the_moon

Facepalm.

Wonder if it covers touch up's when the moon gets smacked with a meteor or something.

If it is possible, I hope they don't succeed. Let's keep the moon like it is now, no use in polluting that as well.

I wouldn't want ads on the moon but if I had a trillion dollars, I'd carve my loved ones name on the moon.

Next up Mars, the place for even bigger ads

Please let there be some international law that prevents this from happening. How full of yourself are you if you think you have the right to control what over 6 billion people are going to have to see?

Oh for the love of God, I hope Chairface Chippendale doesn't get wind of this.

I wouldn't mind a laser light advert system projected from Earth but deforming the actual surface?!

This sounds like a money sink for whoever came up with the idea. The "invest in this and it will happen!" kind of thing. Except the guy running it is spending/pocketing all the current investments to get more people to invest. Wish I had thought of it first...

I wouldn't worry about this so much. I can't imagine many people jumping at the idea, and the amount of protesters would be huge.

WTF is wrong with people? This is a bad idea on so many levels.

Isn't the moon considered international territory? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty
The government would have to approve this first. Of course, nobody has the means to enforce the law once someone manages to land a robot there. . .
First mad scientist to land bots and build an aerial defense network gets the right carve a message to the world. See also: "It's mine now, bitches!!!"

WTF!!! I don't wanna look at the moon with my girlfriend and see someone else's name.

That idea is just as stupid as buying property on the moon.

I'm still waiting for the day they put something on the moon where some guy has the "property rights". That will make for an interesting law battle.

Just what we needed, more "CHeaP CiaLis & vIAgRa" spam, this time on the moon...

Once humanity is wiped out and aliens decipher English, they will wonder what life was like on our little blue planet called 'Big Mac extra value meal now only 5 dollars!'

Hrmm, maybe they'll just sell one ad. One BIG ad.... it's going to say....



Microsoft

Tjis reminds me on the ole joke: Huston we have a problem, russians are here on the moon painting it red.... Apollo, this is Huston hang on... Huston, they are almost finished... Apollo, wait until theyre done, then take the white paint a paitn big "COCA COLA" over it...
Its an ole cold war joke...

All your 'MOON' are belong to us!

There's a reason that Youtube vid is rated 1 and a half stars.

Terrible idea- some things in our universe should remain pristine. There are already fools destroying Earth and tearing down rainforests for greed, and now outer space. Really very sad.

we are already bombarded with advertisements every where wth

If this ever really happens, I hope aliens come and kill us all.

It'd take forever to create something big enough for the naked eye to see, not to mention the cost of it.
Every year comets and meteorites strand on the moon, and probably delete some of the created tracks!

I think it's hugely wasted money that can be invested in things like creating a lunar base, doing research to find water on the moon, etc...

oohhh another great idea, lets burn out woods on earth into shapes like words and portraits so you can see it from satellite....eerrrr...