Capitalists in Space
First paragraph: On the 12th of June 2008, an advert for ‘Doritos’, a flavoured corn chip snack, was broadcast from the EISCAT Space Centre in Svalbard, in the Arctic Ocean. Doritos are manufactured by the Frito-Lay Company of Plano, Texas, which is owned by PepsiCo Incorporated. In 2007, PepsiCo an...
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ftleicester:oai:lra.le.ac.uk:2381/7966 2023-05-15T15:03:09+02:00 Capitalists in Space Parker, Martin 2010-05-25T12:48:25Z http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01818.x/abstract http://hdl.handle.net/2381/7966 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01818.x en eng Blackwell Publishing Sociological Review, 2009, 57 (s1), pp. 83-97. 0038-0261 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01818.x/abstract http://hdl.handle.net/2381/7966 doi:10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01818.x This is the author's final draft of the paper published as Sociological Review, 2009, 57 (s1), pp. 83-97. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com. Doi:10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01818.x Article 2010 ftleicester https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01818.x 2019-03-22T20:13:22Z First paragraph: On the 12th of June 2008, an advert for ‘Doritos’, a flavoured corn chip snack, was broadcast from the EISCAT Space Centre in Svalbard, in the Arctic Ocean. Doritos are manufactured by the Frito-Lay Company of Plano, Texas, which is owned by PepsiCo Incorporated. In 2007, PepsiCo and its various subsidiaries delivered an operating profit of $8,025 million on a turnover of $39,474 million. The advert was aimed at a solar system 42 light years away orbiting the star 47 Ursae Majoris, in the constellation of the Plough. Dr Darren Wright, of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester claimed that: There could be potential commercial interest in enterprises like this. Imagine one day that companies on Earth might wish to advertise to other planetary colonies within our solar system – for example if man ever moves to colonise Mars! (Press Release 2008) Imagine, one day . . . Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean EISCAT Svalbard University of Leicester: Leicester Research Archive (LRA) Arctic Arctic Ocean Svalbard Plano ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-62.783,-62.783) Leicester ENVELOPE(-116.403,-116.403,55.717,55.717) The Sociological Review 57 1_suppl 83 97 |
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First paragraph: On the 12th of June 2008, an advert for ‘Doritos’, a flavoured corn chip snack, was broadcast from the EISCAT Space Centre in Svalbard, in the Arctic Ocean. Doritos are manufactured by the Frito-Lay Company of Plano, Texas, which is owned by PepsiCo Incorporated. In 2007, PepsiCo and its various subsidiaries delivered an operating profit of $8,025 million on a turnover of $39,474 million. The advert was aimed at a solar system 42 light years away orbiting the star 47 Ursae Majoris, in the constellation of the Plough. Dr Darren Wright, of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester claimed that: There could be potential commercial interest in enterprises like this. Imagine one day that companies on Earth might wish to advertise to other planetary colonies within our solar system – for example if man ever moves to colonise Mars! (Press Release 2008) Imagine, one day . . . |
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This is the author's final draft of the paper published as Sociological Review, 2009, 57 (s1), pp. 83-97. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com. Doi:10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01818.x |
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