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Once Again NASA Ignores Its Own Potent Soft Power Tools

By Keith Cowing
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October 5, 2022
Once Again NASA Ignores Its Own Potent Soft Power Tools
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Keith’s note: There was supposedly a SpaceApps global telecon today 5:30 pm EDT according to a NASA SMD tweet (which disappeared after an hour). Apparently it was an error. If Marc Etkind et al at NASA PAO were actually interested in the immense soft power projection capability that this effort has then the @NASA Twitter account would be telling its 63 million followers – globally – and accurately – about this. But they are not. They retweeted a 30 Sep tweet from @SpaceApps about the same event – but not before the event itself – especially not with global time zones taken into account – when they could have helped build a huge global audience. This is not new behavior on NASA’s part. More:

No mention was ever made at the NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR), the NASA STEM Engagement Office, there does not seem to have been a media advisory or press release according to NASA PAO media release page. if you search NASA.gov for “Space Apps 2022” nothing shows up – and if you search for “Space Apps” you get sent to this page last update for the 2020 event.

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One response to “Once Again NASA Ignores Its Own Potent Soft Power Tools”

  1. Richard H. Shores says:
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    If it isn’t Artemis related, HQ PAO doesn’t care. Par for the course.

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