You've had your ramble about how disgusting US exceptionalism is. Congratulations, everybody in this thread has literally already said this. Nobody disagrees with you. We already know.

OP only made two points:

This flight isn't "been there done that" science, like quite a few ignorant posters above have already said
He explained why NASA, an organization that is made up mostly of people who are probably disgusted with the US administration, are required to say something patriotic on their broadcasts.

So ultimately the question is, who are you actually talking to?

[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 1 points 4 days ago

Hmm, didn't think I was being aggressive or arguing in bad faith as I wasn't arguing at all. I was agreeing, and just find it odd that there's a need for the propaganda and pandering. It's not something that should need to happen and doesn't happen elsewhere, and is ridiculed when it does. I find it somewhat fascinating that a country like the US has to spend time self-propagandising to its citizens rather than letting its actions do the talking for it.

Who am I talking to? Anyone who finds that juxtaposition interesting too.

Ultimately, this is a science community. I admitted that I pondering politics and psychology which wasn't the main topic of the thread so I said I was stopping. But if you decide to read it in another way, I won't stop you.