Pocari Sweat, the oddly-named (by our standards) Japanese soft drink company, is planning to put <span class="bold">the first private company advertisement on the moon</span>. Discuss.

I can only say, the day I look up at the moon and see the Coke logo will be a sad one. I like pepsi.

Y'know, I'd heard something about Coke planning something like this IRL (turns out to have been a laser light show, canceled due to aviation concerns). But what really surprised me, after visiting <span class="bold">TVTropes</span>, was just how many Coca Cola-themed lunar projects there have been in fiction and literature. This says more about our culture than I think I'm comfortable with.

Did you ever see the G.I. Joe when Cobra Commander carved his likeness on the moon?
That was awesome!

Not sure I'd feel comfortable drinking something that's apparently filled with... I can't believe I'm typing this... "Childrens dreams".

These guys sound like Saturday morning cartoon villains...

Well... Commercial use of spacefaring technology is the only thing which will ever push it forward properly, so ... Yay, I guess?

I cannot see how any major country would allow this to happen given that no country has claim and if anything the russians would most likely have the best claim.

Seems very silly to me that companies even consider wasting money to think or plan things like this let alone spend the money to do it.

WAIT WAIT WAIT
That is the plot of "City of Lost Children"! Someone is getting ripped off!

Anyone remember the Tick where Chair Face tried to carve his name into the moon?

Stock tips, favorite astronaut, the effect of lunar regolith on permanent structures... whatever comes to mind.

Apparently, the earths core is not round, but made up of gigantic nickel-iron crystals. It seems that when you place nickel-iron alloy under such enormous pressure and temperatures, it organises itself in crystal formation. Imagine that!

Anything involving space is cool. :)

And then what comes next? Buy'n'Large?