NASA Is Using Its Astronauts to Help Promote a Cosmetics Company – Futurism

Later this month, NASA is scheduled to launch an unusual payload 10 bottles of a face cream by cosmetics company Estée Lauder.
The idea is that NASA astronauts will take pictures of the bougie cream, which Estée Lauder will then use in a social media campaign, in a strange echo of the way influencers like the Kardashians take payments from brands in exchange for exposure on Instagram. As SpaceNews reports, the arrangement is prompting questions about whether its an appropriate use of NASAs reso…

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