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I'll never understand why we don't advertise using the surface of the moon.
Most types of radiation including light exhibit the inverse square law so thankfully it's too unfeasible at the moment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law
Reminds me of “Z comme Zorglub”, by André Franquin, 1961: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/02/e7/b2/02e7b2230b42d997e331f2717b3e11f8.jpg
This is suggested in a couple different classic science fiction stories:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_Jupiter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_Moon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_to_the_Moon ("Watch this Space")
Don't forget this one:
https://www.you-books.com/book/F-Brown/Pi-in-the-Sky
The moon? How come our phones don’t have a sponsorship image when they turn on?
Because the moon doesn't exist, obvs. (/s)