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.

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Meanings

proverb
  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
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APA

no bucks, no Buck Rogers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20bucks%2C%20no%20Buck%20Rogers

MLA

“no bucks, no Buck Rogers.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20bucks%2C%20no%20Buck%20Rogers. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no bucks, no Buck Rogers,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20bucks%2C%20no%20Buck%20Rogers.

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