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The government agency announced that it's going launch a new streaming service later this year called NASA+.

The government agency announced that it’s going launch a new streaming service later this year called NASA+.

  • SubPrimeBadger@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    9·
    11 months ago

    I hope it’s like Jellyfin just streaming their videos. That would be kinda fun. I’m guessing the point is to drive excitement of space. I would watch it as a central source for info.

  • iDunnoBro@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    312·
    11 months ago

    They kind of already had this. Hopefully with charging a fee, it will have better content or at least fund NASA missions.

    Either way I look forward to pirating it.

    • Speff@melly.0x-ia.moeEnglish
      18·
      11 months ago

      The ad-free, no-cost streaming service will include live coverage of future launches, documentaries and new original series that will be exclusively available on the platform.

  • ArtificialLink@lemmy.mlEnglish
    418·
    11 months ago

    Wtf would nasa waste money on something that have never made a profit. Budget already fucked up enough. Its be more worthwhile to invest in shows from the streaming services.

    • Speff@melly.0x-ia.moeEnglish
      235·
      11 months ago

      Protip: it’s better to respond to the article rather than what you think the headline means.

      • ArtificialLink@lemmy.mlEnglish
        513·
        11 months ago

        Protip. I was responding to the article. I still think its a waste of money for nasa. A lot of people do not give a fuck about space. It’s why NASA’s budget has languished for so long. And now they’re investing in something that’s people specifically have to give a fuck about NASA themselves to interact with and most likely will just be an unnecessary budget drain. In a climate thats already saturated with “streaming services” Why even create a “streaming service” if the intention seems to be just “NASA news”. It would in my opinion still be better to partner with one of these larger streaming services in order to push NASA to more people.

        • Speff@melly.0x-ia.moeEnglish
          91·
          11 months ago

          In a climate thats already saturated with “streaming services” Why even create a “streaming service” if the intention seems to be just “NASA news”. It would in my opinion still be better to partner with one of these larger streaming services in order to push NASA to more people.

          Huh, that’s actually a reasonable point of view - none of which could’ve been extrapolated from your original comment. Thanks for clarifying.

        • chickenwing@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          11 months ago

          Are you seriously upset that they are allowing people to watch for free rather than putting it on Netflix? That makes no sense lol. Anyone interested just has to go to a website. Remember when the internet wasn’t completely corporate controlled and the best way to share content was on your own site? NASA isn’t going to get defunded because people can’t see it on Disney+.

          NASA is a critical part of the US government it’s not going to get defunded ever. Even the most hard conservatives who want to kill a ton of government agencies see the value of NASA and don’t touch it.

          • heresthething@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            Fun fact, NASA budgets tends to go up under republican presidencies, and go down under democratic presidencies.

        • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          I have to agree, teaming up with even PBS at the very least would’ve made far more sense than completely starting up a new service from scratch. NASA doesn’t have a lot of news day to day, or even week to week, that common folk are going to get excited about (emphasis on common, I’m sure they have a plethora of exciting stuff for hard enthusiasts/astrophysicists/astronomers/etc).