Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'historic' space mission

Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo... by nkoren on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @09:30AM (#23246564)

Eh, Americans do it too, just less consistently. When's the last time you saw LASER?

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Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo... by slimginz on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @10:28AM (#23247198)

I'd say things like laser are no longer the acronym they once were. How many people actually realize that laser is/was an acronym in the first place? The word itself has 'genericized' to the point that it's just a word to most people now.

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Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo... by detritus on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @11:13AM (#23247839)

I could as well suggest the same about Nasa :) For all HNers that the distinction will be incredibly obvious, to Joe Schmo from Idaho, perhaps less so.

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Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo... by rozab on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @11:20AM (#23247942)

I would imagine that most people don't know what NASA stands for. At this point it's just a word.

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Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo... by viklove on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @11:12AM (#23247817)

Americans do not do this, when was the last time you saw Potus?

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