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Re:NASA's Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian ... by kjkjadksj on Friday July 19, 2024 @02:57PM (#41009834)
They don't get budget by clickbait. How do I even as a registered voter have anything to do with NASA at all? I don't vote on their budget. I've never been offered to vote on a funding package for them. I chose from maybe two candidates as my representative on various levels of government, and am beholden to whatever platform they come up with.
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Re:NASA's Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian ... by micromacrofoot on Friday July 19, 2024 @03:23PM (#41010137)
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.

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Re:NASA's Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian ... by s1artibartfast on Friday July 19, 2024 @03:44PM (#41010323)
Maybe it will get more people thinking space is just about garbage clickbait, and a waste of time and money.
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Re:NASA's Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian ... by micromacrofoot on Friday July 19, 2024 @04:27PM (#41010775)
if clickbait didn't work, they wouldn't keep using it
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Re:NASA's Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian ... by s1artibartfast on Friday July 19, 2024 @05:50PM (#41011743)
How exactly do you think they model and validate the relationship between clickbait and budget allocation or public sentiment.
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Re:NASA's Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian ... by micromacrofoot on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @06:40PM (#41051759)
it's all about those clicks baby
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Re:NASA's Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian ... by kjkjadksj on Friday July 19, 2024 @09:22PM (#41013215)
They 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.
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