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no bucks, no Buck Rogers

no bucks, no Buck Rogers proverb: one must raise money to be able to achieve one's objectives, especially in the exploration of outer space.

Proverb

no bucks, no Buck Rogers

  1. One must raise money to be able to achieve one's objectives, especially in the exploration of outer space.
    • Whether NASA under Trump will stay the course . . . an old adage attributed to its first human spaceflights of the 1960s is likely to define its fate: no bucks, no Buck Rogers.2016 November 30, Lee Billings, “Trump’s First 100 Days: Space”, in Scientific American, retrieved 07 Oct 2017

Questions about no bucks, no Buck Rogers

What does no bucks, no Buck Rogers mean?
No bucks, no Buck Rogers means one must raise money to be able to achieve one's objectives, especially in the exploration of outer space.
What part of speech is no bucks, no Buck Rogers?
No bucks, no Buck Rogers is a proverb.

Words near no bucks, no Buck Rogers in the dictionary

  1. no bones about it
  2. no borax, no glue
  3. no brainer
  4. no brainers
  5. no brown in town
  6. no bucks, no Buck Rogers
  7. no bueno
  8. no buts
  9. no can do
  10. no cap
  11. no chance

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