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Believe it or not politicians come up with their platforms largely based on the interests and desires of their constituents. If NASA gets more people reading a
by micromacrofoot 2y ago
Believe it or not politicians come up with their platforms largely based on the interests and desires of their constituents.
If NASA gets more people reading and learning about space, maybe more people will think it's a priority. It's not exactly rocket science.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoMaybe it will get more people thinking space is just about garbage clickbait, and a waste of time and money.
- micromacrofoot 2y agoif clickbait didn't work, they wouldn't keep using it
- s1artibartfast 2y agoHow exactly do you think they model and validate the relationship between clickbait and budget allocation or public sentiment.
- micromacrofoot 2y agoit's all about those clicks baby
- kjkjadksj 2y agoThey come up with their platforms based on donors and their advertisers. Advertisers set the narratives in public discourse that inform public opinion. Politicians know where their bread is buttered. If NASA wants more money they should consider doing more secret squirrel stuff like they’ve done in the past. Its why satellites were funded. Its why apollo was funded. Its why the shuttle was funded. Little academic exercises are only going to get so much money compared to how much is sloshing around in defense related spending. Unfortunately for them I’m sure much of this space defense money they might have gotten otherwise goes to space force and other agencies that weren’t around or operating in space in the 1960s.