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It's the precedent. We do not want space based ads.

Do you want space colonies, commercial stations and activity? Cause I don't think you'll get one without the other.

Sure. A house is not an ad. What I don't want is a malt liquor billboard in orbit.

We can't have space colonies or commercial stations without space advertising?

No, but you can't until someone pays to develop the technology.

Right... how does space advertising relate to that though? Are you saying that's the only viable business model for space travel and colonization?

No. but it's one. And, since we don't quite know which one will pay the bill, we need each and every model we can get.

Remember how ads were disallowed on the internet, as a sort of gentleman’s agreement? Didn’t last long