i had a vague dream that i do not know how to describe best.
anyway, what i saw in my dream was the view of the earth from the widow of a space shuttle i was in as it orbited. we "sailed" over africa (which was almost distinguishable from coast to coast at that altitude), and the scenery below rolled by at the rate i knew it would look like (i fly in a space simulator all the time).
then we approached the west coast of australia and passed over perth, and then the "great australian bight" (a true orbital path), and as we were approaching where tasmania came over the horizon, i noticed that there seemed to be an sort of "glow" coming from where tasmania should be.
as "tasmania" rolled into full view, it became apparent that it had been replaced by a gigantic TV screen. the TV screen was not in the shape of tasmania, but it was a 4:3 aspect ratio type of screen (the old style). i thought "how silly. however i wonder what's on", and then i realized that the earthshine was completely drowning out the luminescence of the screen, and i thought "how very very silly".
after it rolled away, i have a vague notion that i was told that nasa had bought tasmania, and leveled it flat, and filled in the landfill required to bulk the shape to a rectangle (pssssss), and covered it with l.e.d panels to provide a source of entertainment for bored shuttle crew who have "nothing to do" (?!?) during the 6 minute period that they would be able to see the screen in each orbital cycle.
because i was asleep, my normal laughter mechanism was dormant, and so things to laugh about were piling up, and the pressure was not being relieved by me laughing.
the next notion i had in my dream was that i was told that because there was little material to show that was comprehensively covered in only 6 minutes, and because marketing was straining at the leash to get into the show, it had descended into a farce because the screen ended up playing infomercials 24 hours per day. even when no one was in orbit. ("just in case" i guess).
suddenly the pressure valve blew and i woke up laughing, and my wakeful mind appraised what i had just seen, and there was a cascade of different laughter impulses to the extent that i was gripped in an almost seizure of "senslessness" (where you can not draw breath to continue laughing because you can not stop laughing to do so) and i was extremely annoyed because i really needed to sleep due to the fact i had to get up only 3 hours later.