CASIS Ignores NASA While NASA Pays All Of CASIS' Bills

NASA Is Putting Rocket Raccoon And Groot On Their Official Emblem, Nerdist

"It's pretty hilarious that they went with these two characters, as opposed to a scientist like Reed Richard, for instance. Maybe they were just concerned that would jinx the mission and lead to one of the astronauts becoming a giant, orange rock monster? Whatever the case, these things are amazing. Kudos, NASA."

NASA Will Put Rocket Raccoon And Groot On Its New Mission Patch, Gizmodo

"A major mission for us here at CASIS is to find unique and innovative ways to bring notoriety to the ISS National Laboratory and the research that is being conducted on our orbiting laboratory," said CASIS Director of Operations and Educational Opportunities Ken Shields. It's also part of a secret mission that might help us get a Rocket and Groot of our very own. "The reward for us [is that] we'll actually have two characters go into space," said Mitch Dane, director of custom publishing. Then he joked, "With a little luck, there'll be a little cosmic radiation going on, they'll come back alive."

'Guardians of the Galaxy' team up with NASA: Groot, Rocket Raccoon on mission patch, Washington Times

"Director James Gunn, whose "Guardians of the Galaxy" grossed $773 million worldwide in 2014, was awed by the decision. "So cool. NASA Oasis has paired with Marvel and is using Rocket & Groot as an official emblem for the mission to Mars," Mr. Gunn wrote."

A Closer Look At The CASIS "Space Is In It" Endorsement, earlier post

"On 31 March 2016 NASA International Space Station Director Sam Scimemi sent a letter to Greg Johnson on a number of topics. One of the issues Scimemi raised had to do with how CASIS hypes/promotes the research that it takes credit for having facilitated onboard the ISS. In that letter Scimemi notes: "We would advise caution in the lending of the ISS National Lab brand (via your "Space is in it" certification) too freely; care must be taken to that research performed on the ISS has actually influenced product development in advance of awarding the certification. Failure to do so weakens the brand and may lend an air of being nonserious in our mutual quest to fully utilize the ISS as a national lab." Coincidentally this letter was sent on the same day that CASIS staff made a rather awkward presentation to the NASA Advisory Council."

Keith's note: CASIS issues a press release that mentions that comic book/movie characters at ComicCon are now ISS mascots or something. Alas NASA is there too - as @NASASocial - and neither @NASASocial or @ISS_CASIS mention one another's presence. Apparently CASIS thinks that Groot, a orange rock man, and a foul mouthed raccoon are better poised to explain ISS science than ISS scientists. So they cite a movie whose director refers to "CASIS" as "OASIS". NASA makes no mention of this news. NASA is never mentioned in the CASIS press release and yet news stories say that NASA is behind all of this. CASIS whines and complains that NASA is not giving them enough quality time and then they go off and mount a PR stunt like this without asking NASA? NASA has already expressed concern that CASIS has marketing practices that are misleading. Can we get any more dysfunctional CASIS?

So cool. NASA Oasis has paired with Marvel and is using Rocket & Groot as an official emblem for the mission to Mars http://pic.twitter.com/0ox5vnMEFS

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 22, 2016

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