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Historically, MIT is not an acronym since it’s not pronounced as a word. MIT is just an abbreviation (specifically an initialism), while NASA is an acronym.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym

I don’t think there’s any rules about capitalization and acronyms, as scuba and laser are acronyms, and not capitalized, but NASA is. I’ve also never seen Nasa, it’s always all capitals NASA.




That's just how the BBC writes acronyms, Nasa themselves write their name all-caps.




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