Golf In Space

[poliphilo]

I thought it was a bit of a laugh actually.

The Russian cosmonaut advertising some stupid Canadian golf commodity by teeing off into space.

As a photo opportunity it was rubbish. You really couldn't see what was happening and the ball just dropped off into the void. Plop.

But all the commentators are being po-faced and saying what a cheapening of the dream and I can't not agree.

I had high hopes of our space adventure.

I thought we'd be on our way to the stars in 2001+5. Instead it's all product placement and space tourism for the very, very, very rich. Bleeagh!

What mucky little apes we are.

Comments

[solar-diablo.livejournal.com]

Could've been worse. That Backstreet Boy might have actually gotten his arse up in space and done the advert.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I must have missed that story. Ads in space? Why to we have to pollute everything we touch?

[solar-diablo.livejournal.com]

I Googled it for you:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/2014153.stm

My bad! - it was Lance Bass from N'Sync, not the Backstreet Boys.

Advertisements are a constant in a consumer culture, there's just no way around it. Not using my TV for anything other than watching DVDs has definitely removed a sizeable chunk of advertising flotsam in my life.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that.

I hate ads.

At least in Britain we have one set of channels- those run by the BBC- which are free of them.