Ok but no one buys NASA. The work they’ve done has been of benefit to the world. Hell, the ESA exists because Europe decided no single European country could build a home grown NASA alone.
I promise you everyone at NASA would rather live in a world where the ESA exists. Let’s not project the tribalism de jure being thrown around by the shit slingers onto organizations that are just as much victims of Fascism and enshittification as we are
I think people wear NASA gear in Europe because it’s the western default - the same way they wear Converse and Nike. Wearing ESA merch sprinkles European identity where you’re used to seeing an American pop culture import. It almost feels like a play on a fashion trope - “you’re used to people wearing NASA, but ha it’s ESA!”
Why? There’s a bunch of cool people at Nasa and they’ve done a lot of cool things
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Support and have pride in our homegrown efforts.
Ok but no one buys NASA. The work they’ve done has been of benefit to the world. Hell, the ESA exists because Europe decided no single European country could build a home grown NASA alone.
I promise you everyone at NASA would rather live in a world where the ESA exists. Let’s not project the tribalism de jure being thrown around by the shit slingers onto organizations that are just as much victims of Fascism and enshittification as we are
supporting the ESA is not attacking NASA, no need to defend them.
I think people wear NASA gear in Europe because it’s the western default - the same way they wear Converse and Nike. Wearing ESA merch sprinkles European identity where you’re used to seeing an American pop culture import. It almost feels like a play on a fashion trope - “you’re used to people wearing NASA, but ha it’s ESA!”