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CNN: Everyone loves NASA clothes. The space agency had 11,000 requests to use their logo in 2021 alone

NASA-branded clothes have been around for years. Remember when Ariana Grande released merch inspired by NASA at Coachella 2019?

And in 2021, Balenciaga released NASA-branded astronaut jackets

Back in 2016, when the NASA craze took off, The Guardian reported it started with luxury brands using NASA and space designs to convey a futuristic feel. Plus, the logos are just really well designed!

Fox reports that NASA’s not actually making any money from all the products that have its logo on it. But NASA still benefits from the huge spike of public interest

The LA Times thinks everyone loves the logo because of nostalgia. Also, Americans love both NASA and space. Who doesn’t!

WaPo pretty much agrees: At the end of the day, NASA is just another federal agency. But in the age of “nerdism” and tech being cool, everyone loves NASA

The Hard Times -- a satirical news site -- questions why people who haven’t even *been* to space would wear a NASA-branded shirt

But maybe gatekeeping a NASA shirt is just silly. You wouldn’t want to sound like this TikToker, would you?