Hey, Dave! Welcome to the OF. I remember you from TimeZone. I think this is a way cooler forum, so hang out mostly here now. In answer to your question, I think it’s mainly because NASA catalogs everything and it was just procedure. While I have never been directly employed my NASA, I have had numerous grants from them for my research. Back in the late 90s when I was at the University of Texas, we had a Mac desktop system that we used for the grant work and paid out of the grant. It required a NASA tag, and when the grant ended, we had to ship the then 6-year old (and obsolete) desktop to NASA.
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