April 19th 06, 07:48 PM
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Dart too sensitive for public release?
Eric Chomko wrote:
Lord Vain ) wrote:
: "Eric Chomko" wrote in message
: ...
: Lord Vain ) wrote:
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: : "Craig Fink" wrote in message
: : news
: :
: : http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12319764/
: : quote
: : NASA keeps mum on space robot's failure
: : DART report considered too sensitive for public release
: : ...
: : The space agency distributed a new public information policy last
: month
: : specifying that information protected by ITAR is considered "sensitive
: but
: : unclassified" and that unauthorized release to news organizations
: could
: : result in prosecution or disciplinary action.
: : end quote
: :
: : It appears there is more to the story than what is presented in Mr.
: : Oberg's story. A quick look at the NASA web site shows:
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: : Why does NASA have to be involved in a demonstrator which is obviously a
: : cover-up for a military program?
:
: Because the DOD has 26 times the budget of NASA. Think about that. In two
: weeks the DOD spends what NASA does in a whole year.
:
: The DOD has 30+ times the number of salaried workers that NASA has so that's
: not really an eye opener. But that doesn't mean that they always have the
: latest and the greatest technology or even the best and the brightest
: scientists and engineers. Aside from that: science can't be pushed, it has
: to be nurtured, and it's therefore plausible that the DOD wanted this
: technology as far back as the '60's but was unable to develop the
: technology. Today, NASA has a real interest in automated docking/rendezvouz
: technology for the 'new' moon program and they're therefore developing it,
: but the DOD also wants to use it (may even be funding a large part of it)
: for their hunter-killer satellites but they insist on secrecy. It's pretty
: obvious that the revealing of the failure could give third parties a good
: insight how NASA/DOD is tackling the automated docking/rendevouz problem.
No doubt.
: BTW: don't the Russians already have a good automated rendezvouz/docking
: system used in Soyuz and Progress?
So we're doing DART to keep up with the Russians?!? Sounds so retro Cold
War-ish. I thought we outgrew such things?
Man, winning the Cold War, in my mind, was that we wouldn't have to play
petty oneupmanship games with the Russians as we had already one. I guess
some folks just can't let it go.
Jim Oberg, especially. He's so special. NASA just loves him.
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