4 ms·
Are you calling NASA's Mars photographs propaganda?
by sillyquiet 5y ago
Are you calling NASA's Mars photographs propaganda?
- earthboundkid 5y ago“Propaganda” has a negative valence in 21st century English, but it used to just be a synonym for “PR” or “advertising”. Yes, NASA exists originally and still substantially for US soft power reasons. Who disputes that?
- sillyquiet 5y agoHmm, it might have that function, but if it's effective at that it's only because this is a legitimate engineering and scientific accomplishment, and will provide scientific data and increase our knowledge of planetary science for years if not decades, so characterizing it in that way is cynical, at best.