Instead of beaming its digitized time capsule into space from the Pyramid of the Sun, Yahoo will have to settle for burying it in the ground like everyone else does.
plan to send the capsule in digital form into outer space with a laser from the 216-foot tall Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico would have been the highlight of Yahoo's ongoing marketing blitz. Alas, it was not meant to be. Mexican authorities have denied Yahoo permission to conduct its laser beaming from the Pyramid of the Sun, fearing damage to the ancient historical site. Reuters time capsule onto the pyramid before sending it into space: "We did have the permit, but Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History told us Monday night that it could not be done," Manuel Mazzanti, head of marketing at Yahoo Mexico, said Wednesday. Mazzanti said the company was looking for another launch site for the event but had ruled out Mexico. We are as disappointed as everyone else, so we would like to offer some alternative suggestions for Yahoo's time capsule/extraterrestrial contact laser ceremony. If Yahoo really has its heart set on a pyramid, they could always Washington Monument. It is taller than the Pyramid of the Sun, and people could watch it from the Mall after spending the day visiting the Smithsonian. Yahoo could make it a shorter trip and go down to L.A. There they could aim the laser at the Mount Rushmore instead? They could split the laser so the display would appear on Teddy Roosevelt's mustache and Abraham Lincoln's beard. Should all else fail, there is always
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