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Fun littering factoid: https://medium.com/knowledge-stew/when-nasa-received-a-400-fine-for-littering-9b2e37f0bbc5 https://medium.com/knowledge-stew/when-nasa-r
by sandworm101 5y ago
Fun littering factoid:
https://medium.com/knowledge-stew/when-nasa-received-a-400-fine-for-littering-9b2e37f0bbc5 https://medium.com/knowledge-stew/when-nasa-received-a-400-f...
"Around July 19, 1979, the US space agency team that was in western Australia searching for debris was issued a citation for littering by the Esperance Shire Council in the amount of $400. Though the citation was in jest, the council hoped NASA would pay the fine as a gift for their museum. They didn’t pay. But the fine was finally settled on behalf of NASA in 2009 by a radio host named Scott Barley of Highway Radio when he got his morning listeners to donate the funds."
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoWhy the fuck didn't NASA pay? Surely they can spare $400 for a joke?
- sandworm101 5y agoAdmission of liability. The next rocket might be far more dangerous, the next fine far more costly.
- harpersealtako 5y agoBecause then it will come up in a congressional hearing about NASA's budget as "proof" that NASA is spending US taxpayer money on "jokes".