ooli@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 3 months agoNASA just scored a badly needed win: The best potential evidence of alien life yetwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down129
arrow-up1242arrow-down1external-linkNASA just scored a badly needed win: The best potential evidence of alien life yetwww.businessinsider.comooli@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareDickFiasco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up55arrow-down1·3 months agoDoes NASA really need to “score a win” or is that just click bait?
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down1·3 months agoYeah, unfortunately. They’re a popularity based branch. You gotta clap to keep them alive.
minus-squareDarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoTIL NASA is a fairy.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 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-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoDid you read the article?
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-23 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-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-23 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-squaremrvictory1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·3 months agoNASA depends on funding from the government
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoAnd the government accepts cool rocks in trade?
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoSadly, yes, if the rocks generate enough interested congresspeople.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYeah, they’re already stocked on space noodles, unfortunately.
minus-squareslampisko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoThe article actually goes into detail on that point.
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.