On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 02:08:36 -0600, jerry warner wrote:

While I agree with your sentiments, I don't agree with your ambivalence!
The time to always act is BEFORE the wolf is feeding on your children -
not afterwards. This may sound harsh but in today's harsh world, its a
reality. We need to defeat this before it becomes a fact, which is the same as
saying: "while it is becoming a fact". Hubble has proven we cant take anything
for granted in this world.
Jerry

Jerry-

I'm certainly not ambivalent about this- what gave you that impression? Rather,
I consider this something that is very unlikely to happen. Frankly, outside of
voicing dissatisfaction with advertising in space, I don't know what else can be
done. So far, all that exists is a patent, and the international law on
operating is space is a maze.

My point (not very well stated) was only that light pollution from Earth itself
is a real and serious problem right now. This is the place to fight- there is
the possibility of very real returns, and if people can be taught the value of a
dark sky, the likelihood of something like this Russian crackpot getting off the
ground becomes even lower.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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