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[–] [email protected] 363 points 1 year ago (3 children)

no cost

I think the head of a CEO somewhere just exploded.

[–] [email protected] 328 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Space: The final free tier.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's 1:30AM and you have me cackling like a witch here.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Halloween was last week, man!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago

and every conservative congresscritter, for some reason. 'couldn't this be done in the private sector'

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

CEOs are usually not relying as much on taxes. That's why it's free, this is a way to justify tax usage by developing public outreach.

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[–] [email protected] 153 points 1 year ago (3 children)

With this being a free service, I feel like calling it NASA+ is a bit misleading. To me, I feel like the "+" indicates a paid, premium service. If it wasn't for the title of this post that clarifies that it's free, I probably wouldn't have even considered installing the app based on the name, alone.

Either way, this is great news! I'm probably gonna check this out once it's available. I wish they'd have a release date, though. The official page just says "Coming soon".

[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Feels very much like they're just following the trend of a bunch of streaming services that just add a + to the end. As long as it's good though I don't think it matters much

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think Paramount ++good sounds promising

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Strikes me as tongue-in-cheek.

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[–] [email protected] 131 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Huh. There's no geolock on this either? Fantastic. As a Canadian I tend to get blocked from this kind of stuff. This will be super cool. Might even replace my LCARS screensaver after years of use

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ever since Canada created the elegantly named "Canadarm", NASA and Canada have been besties.

To say nothing of possibly the greatest Astronaut to fly to the Space Station: Chris Hadfield

[–] nullPointer 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

flying toasters screensaver for life!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

THE DAY I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR

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[–] [email protected] 111 points 1 year ago (18 children)

I posted on Lemmy about needing recommendations for movies to watch on shrooms....and then minutes later stumble across this article.

Talk about perfect timing, lol.

This is really starting to feel like a perfect replacement for that...other website.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 year ago (17 children)

NASA+ will be available on most major platforms via the NASA App on iOS and Android mobile and tablet devices; streaming media players such as, Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TV; and on the web across desktop and mobile devices.

What's the betting it won't be on LG's WebOS though? 😭

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My deepest sympathies to all 3 of you.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Lol you joke but that includes every LG OLED tv sold to date

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

Who will think of all the palm pre's out there

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (28 children)

We know it's ad-free and zero cost, but will it be DRM-free as well?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not sure if US government IP is legally allowed to be DRM'd.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

Not only is it not allowed to be DRM'd, "US government IP" is itself an oxymoron: stuff published by the government is Public Domain, so it doesn't even count as "intellectual property [sic]" to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Yeah, it’s paid for by taxpayers, so it’s all fair use.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most NASA stuff is published under non affiliation free use license - you can do what ever you like with it.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't be surprised if a majority of the content is already freely downloadable from somewhere...

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

*Previously on Desperate Spacewives...

Sam has just kicked out of the airlock apartment by his wife Karen. Would his other woman save him from radiation and lack of oxygen? Tune in to this episode of Desperate Spacewives

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (16 children)

If it's called NASA Plus, how is it free? The "plus" means it goes a step beyond their free content and into a paid tier.

Don't get me wrong this is absolutely fantastic I adore NASA and space, but they're just be some hidden cost? Otherwise it wouldn't be a streaming service called NASA Plus, right?

[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The “plus” means it goes a step beyond their free content and into a paid tier.

Notepad++ enters the chat

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Looks like they refer to adding their Science wing into the streaming, too.

In this crazy capitalist world peiple started forgetting that public services can be free, like, for real :D

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I don't think everyone sat down and agreed to that being what plus means. It's like labeling food as organic, it means nothing. It's just a name. Odd thing to obsess over, you'll get nowhere trying to understand marketing people, just let it go.

What they are adding is a more condensed experience accessing NASA content and making it easier for casual viewers to access. The more people paying attention to science the better. I think this is a fantastic move from NASA

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (6 children)

plus just means more I think, they're adding to their service so it's "plus"

just because that's usually a hook to get you to pay more doesn't mean that's now the definition of the word

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're selling our usage data to aliens to pay for server costs

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