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Space: The final free tier.

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

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.

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

My deepest sympathies to all 3 of you.

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

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

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

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

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

Notepad++ enters the chat

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

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

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

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