I don’t know why anyone would be surprised. NASA is cool. I’m German, and I wouldn’t mind wearing a shirt, although I’m slightly afraid it may be misunderstood

I don’t know why anyone would be surprised. NASA is cool. I’m German, and I wouldn’t mind wearing a shirt, although I’m slightly afraid it may be misunderstood as a claim to have worked there. This is the so-called “soft power” that’s been in the news lately. Do I want my countr to be an ally with the one planting their flag on the moon and llettting it slowly turn white? Hell, yeah! It’s also a good example of why political decisions matter: it took quite a bit of convincing to keep NASA civilian when it first came about.