@ooli to Space • 2 months agoNASA just scored a badly needed win: The best potential evidence of alien life yetwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square63arrow-up1283arrow-down132
arrow-up1251arrow-down1external-linkNASA just scored a badly needed win: The best potential evidence of alien life yetwww.businessinsider.com@ooli to Space • 2 months agomessage-square63
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink57•2 months agoDoes NASA really need to “score a win” or is that just click bait?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink49•2 months agoYeah, unfortunately. They’re a popularity based branch. You gotta clap to keep them alive.
minus-squareEl Bartolink-1•2 months agoSure, but that headline is there for Business Insider’s benefit. If it helps Nasa, cool. But I don’t think Business Insider cares about what Nasa is doing beyond the fact that it may drive traffic to them.
minus-squareEl Bartolink0•edit-22 months agoYes. If they were quoting Nasa saying “We needed this win,” I would stand corrected. But nope. It’s BI using the term “win.” Let me know if I have to repeat myself again.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-22 months agoIt’s not clickbait, it’s language. They have an entire section on this and explain it, it isn’t really hyperbole. Had they not mentioned or explained the language they used then I’d agree.
minus-squarePennomilinkEnglish2•2 months agoSadly, yes, if the rocks generate enough interested congresspeople.
Does NASA really need to “score a win” or is that just click bait?
Yeah, unfortunately.
They’re a popularity based branch. You gotta clap to keep them alive.
“Please clap”
TIL NASA is a fairy.
Sure, but that headline is there for Business Insider’s benefit. If it helps Nasa, cool. But I don’t think Business Insider cares about what Nasa is doing beyond the fact that it may drive traffic to them.
Did you read the article?
Yes. If they were quoting Nasa saying “We needed this win,” I would stand corrected. But nope. It’s BI using the term “win.”
Let me know if I have to repeat myself again.
It’s not clickbait, it’s language.
They have an entire section on this and explain it, it isn’t really hyperbole.
Had they not mentioned or explained the language they used then I’d agree.
NASA depends on funding from the government
And the government accepts cool rocks in trade?
Sadly, yes, if the rocks generate enough interested congresspeople.
Yeah, they’re already stocked on space noodles, unfortunately.
The article actually goes into detail on that point.