no bucks, no Buck Rogers

Proverb

 * 1) One must raise money to be able to achieve one's objectives, especially in the exploration of outer space.
 * 2) * 2016 Nov. 30, Lee Billings, Trump’s First 100 Days: Space," Scientific American (retrieved 7 Oct 2017) :
 * 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.

Usage notes

 * Notably used in the motion picture (1983).