Why doesn't NASA have a go fund me page or kickstarter? Really don't know how they work but would donate. 380 million in the US if everyone gave a dollar would do good?

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• ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Uh, its called taxation.

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah but the idiots in charge right now after literally keeping the money. Their legitimately stealing funds.

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  • DrMartinu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Tell that to the public school teachers holding fundraisers for school supplies. Even police departments hold staggering amounts of fundraisers for police equipment lol.

    I maybe wouldn’t donate to NASA generally, but a fundraiser for a specific mission? Hell yes take my money. We would have Gundams by next year

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  • TheLunatickle@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    More like voting for candidates that aren’t anti science.

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  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You are correct, NASA is a government institution foremost. What OP suggests is akin to healthcare gofundme’s or that boy selling cookies so his mom doesn’t die of cancer.

    That said they do have a point, though I’m sure NASA has other ways of receiving donations.

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  • just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Nope, its worse. 1$ is worth far more in a poor person’s pocket than a rich one. Taxation atleast tries to be more fair by taxing based on income.

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• Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s just taxation with extra steps (and so much money in fees to the GoFundMe platform)

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• damo_omad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  $380 mil for an agency as large as NASA is laughable

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  • MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    For reference, the SLS reportedly costs $2 billion per launch.

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is why why have taxes. Goddamnit I hate everything

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  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oops, we gave all the tax revenue to SpaceX, which merged its finances with Tesla, and are now giving $1 trillion of it to Elon Musk

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• FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You want to donate money to the government?

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• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Federal entities begging for donations sounds like a poor decision to me at first glance, but then I remembered that federal parks seem to do it all the time with no judgement. So maybe it’s actually a really good idea?

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  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It has some advantages but I think it will make public services even more subordinated to the interests of the wealthy. Since they would have almost sole discretion on where that money goes.

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• yogurt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  NASA is allowed to take donations by congress but they have to be unsolicited and unconditional. Gofundme is soliciting. If you want to donate you have to mail a NASA office a check with a note saying it’s an unconditional gift and they put it in a gifts trust fund.

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well to quote Total Recall would just like our ass to get to mars or build a bigger ISS

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• StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My understanding is that there is a law on the books that prevents government agencies from accepting donations.

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  • switcheroo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Just call it lobbying and it’s perfectly legal, even encouraged, these days.

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• melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  NASA is just a brand now. Elon is the only game in town w.r.t. the usa.

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