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Poll: Should NASA engage in commercial advertisement to recoup costs?
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Yes. There's nothing wrong with doing so.
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Absolutely. This is a good thing!
16.67%
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No. It's not in keeping with the NASA tradition.
16.67%
1 16.67%
Absolutely not! This is a sign of the impending apocalypse.
33.33%
2 33.33%
I don't think it's either good or bad.
16.67%
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Other (specify).
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0 0%
To infinity and beyond!
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This space for rent: NASA considers ads on spacecraft - good or bad?
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This space for rent: NASA considers ads on spacecraft - good or bad?
Why NASA’s next rockets might say Budweiser on the side

Quote:The constant creep of corporate America into all aspects of everyday life — from the Allstate Sugar Bowl to Minute Maid Park — may soon conquer a new frontier.

The final frontier.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has directed the space agency to look at boosting its brand by selling naming rights to rockets and spacecraft and allowing its astronauts to appear in commercials and on cereal boxes, as if they were celebrity athletes.

While officials stress that nothing has been decided, the idea could mark a giant cultural leap for the taxpayer-funded government agency and could run into ethics regulations that prevent government officials from using public office for private gain. Astronauts may be the most venerated employees in the federal government, but they are still civil servants bound by regulations.

What do you think?  Should NASA go where no space agency has gone before?
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This space for rent: NASA considers ads on spacecraft - good or bad? - by Angrboda - September 12, 2018 at 10:35 am

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