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@saturnyunho NASA understands the demand, but they are federal institution and tax payer funded. There are a lot of serious laws that outline how and where funding can be spent. They are funded to explore space, and have a marketing budget of $0 - yet they have an enormous brand value.

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@jessalanfields Thanks Jess!

Replys are from David the civilian 🤣. He can accept a coffee next time he’s in Houston without any paperwork requirements.

Glad to be able to share some of the complexities of comms at NASA, from what I hear.

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@jessalanfields @elonmusk No doubt. He’s and his family are also a wonderful human beings from what I hear. Between my fav photo and being a Californian I couldn’t be more happy his design was chosen.

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@jessalanfields Absolutely. Hopefully vendors who are able to do sownthibg positive see this thread

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@jessalanfields That’d be for the ethics and legal folks to work out. There are certainly federal endorsement laws that would be a factor. Additionally those conditions would likely create a contract requirement and extra time / expense. Plus auditing and accountability.

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@jessalanfields NASA itself does not see any monetary return from any merchandise sales. Any funds received by NASA is returned to the treasury. Per federal code.

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@jessalanfields @spacewithtina The space center is run by Delaware North, not NASA

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@jessalanfields NASA doesn’t make products or sell merchandise. They do have NASA Exchanges that serve the employee population which generally stock simple off the shelf items they buy wholesale.

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No matter what you think about one #NASA project or another there's no doubt that @NASA is cool/hip - with branding visibility near the top - globally. H/T David Rager @regard Let's see what @rookisaacman does with this ;-) "Nasa on the fashion frontier"
https://t.co/xf5VHEEy9d #softpower

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So proud to have been a part of making this happen @nasa @MuseumModernArt

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Branding NASA's Europa Clipper https://t.co/C3cvaLzPva #NASA #Europa @EuropaClipper #EuropaClipper #astrobiology

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@NASAWatch @EuropaClipper 🚀 !

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@joebarnard A lot of folks like peanut butter and chocolate. They often like peanut butter & chocolate.

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〈( ^.^)ノCheering for @NASAEarth in 2nd place in #Webbys People’s Voice! RT + VOTE: https://t.co/k9iDO05j6tヽ(^。^)丿

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@joetrainorjunk I think you’re making my point. Blurring lines and sharing art and ideas was part of it. Even Gilman Street acknowledged its dogma wasn’t always productive, whatever the books say, I played there in the late 90s/00s when those conversations were very active.

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@joetrainorjunk Sure. Fugazi would also play the O2 forum and L’Olympique as well as a vets hall.. Minutemen would tour with REM, and were influenced by jazz and ccr. All about getting their message and art out there, not drawing lines between groups/audiences.

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@joetrainorjunk I feel like we could read the same words in a book and you’d see division where I see necessity and inventiveness. The bands I think of weren’t usually motivated by shutting things out, quite the opposite. The Minutemen? Even Fugazi used the mainstream to reach their own ends.