Could you put an advert on The Moon?

[JonnyBoy12]

Assuming it would be possible to put an advert (or any other symbol) on the Moon, what would be the legality of this? Does anyone actually own the Moon, and how would you put an advert there? Would it be seen right way up all over the world, or would the folks Down Under see it upside down?

[LazyGun]

UN Outer Space Treaty ensures that the moon is not owned by any single nation, In a similar form of pretection to the antarctic.
Having said that, there is a US entrepreneur... Dennis someone or another ..... who sells tracts of moon land, claiming the UN treaty does not stop individuals owning land on the moon.... and he claims to have made a substantial amount of money doing it.
So, short answer would be... the legality of it iscomplicated, and probably not ;)

[Ankou]

i think its crock, but you might be interedted...

http://www.moonpublicity.com/mp/

[AlBags]

I'm going to start doing camping holidays there then.

[dotty.]

you can sell acvertising space on the moon but you'll need long ladders

[jno]

people shine ads onto the houses of parliament occasionally, presumably without authority. So I suppose if you had a projector strong enough you could put it on the moon, though it might be quite hard to read except maybe during a new moon. And yes, it would look upside down to Australian and penguins.

[NazNomad]

Would the penguins know?

[snags]

... or the Australians come to think of it...

[jno]

if the ad showed penguins walking around upside down, yes, possibly. If it was an ad for penguin crampons, they might be well impressed.

[jno]

¿noʎ ǝɹɐ llǝɥ ʎpoolq ǝɥʇ ǝɹǝɥʍ

[mibn2cweus]

Don't know why this thread made me think of this but have any of you been to the backside of Mount Rushmore? ~ http://www.akademifan.../back-of-rushmore.png

[LazyGun]

heh like that mibn... and i like the upside down writing jno... its depressing that I am so easily impressed :)

[woofgang]

well coke have thought about it
http://www.mediaweek....content_id=1003556617

[boxtops]

I don't think even my long-distance lenses would make the advert very visible...

[woofgang]

also
http://amnesiablog.wo...-moon-coming-in-2008/

[R1Geezer]

well there is book by the Sci Fi Author Robert Heinlein, called "The man who sold the moon" about the commercial exploitation of the moon in the future.

[jomifl]

The yanks already have the stars and stripes there..

[squarebear]

I own an acre of land on the moon, and am hoping that someone finds oil/gold buried underneath my bit. If you wish to advertise on it, I charge £500 per month :-)