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[โ€“] nico198x@europe.pub 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

absolutely. makes me sad to see kids running around in NASA gear. i only buy ESA gear for my son.

[โ€“] Zwiebel@feddit.org 8 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Why? There's a bunch of cool people at Nasa and they've done a lot of cool things

[โ€“] nico198x@europe.pub 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Gestures broadly to the sub

Support and have pride in our homegrown efforts.

[โ€“] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] nico198x@europe.pub 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

supporting the ESA is not attacking NASA, no need to defend them.

[โ€“] BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

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!"