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NASA Contractors Censoring Saturn V Info
cybrpnk2 writes "Get ready to surrender your data sheets, study reports and blueprints of the Saturn V to stay in compliance with ITAR. Armed guards are reportedly taking down and shredding old Saturn V posters from KSC office walls that show rough internal layouts of the vehicle, and a Web site that is a source for various digitized blueprints has been put on notice it may well be next. No word yet if the assignment of a Karl Rove protege high up in NASA has any connection."
"Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Saturn Vtoo in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings."
They sure were fast on that one!
-- Sauer
By invoking National Security, of course.
But then, if you posted someplace that NeoCons are total whackjobs that need massive amounts of medication to make them sane again, you're likely to get arrested for revealing state secrets...
Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.
You've got it all wrong.
It's so they can hide the mini-bar from the kids...
What part of "a well regulated militia" do you not understand?
Hmm, do they really think they're gonna be successful in blotting out references to Saturn V info on the web?
Hey, censor-guys, lemme give you an example, see if you follow:
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The two nations that have put people on the moon
You are of course referring to the United States and America?
I'm not sure the Saturn V would make a nice ICBM. Unless you're launching a payload of nukes, 40 nuclear engineers and a Grayhound Bus carrying them all, it may be a bit overkill.
Gah, when you let government work on decryption... The message was that we plan to moon the terrorists.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
.....this isn't the rocket you're looking for.
He's talking about a little know moon landing by Elbonia, using the unconventional catapult launch method instead of the more commonly used rocket. The Elbonian government covered up the landing themselves, as it was deemed embarrassing that the moon was a nicer place to live then Elbonia.
What if Tetris was invented by Nazis?
In return for knocking down the Berlin Wall so we could build McDonaldses all over East Germany, the US gave them 8 hours of film time at Studio Moonbase.
I can't find a link at the moment but I'm sure one is out there somewhere.
"Sacrifice for the good of The State" - The State
Have we forgotten the accomplishment of The Duchy of Grand Fenwick and professor Kokintz so soon?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_on_the_Moo
http://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Moon-Margaret-Rutherf
Sad, sad, indeed.
1 in 4 Maine children in struggle with hunger.
I guess if Rove & Co were living in ancient ages, they would have made sure that any reference to catapults were removed from Library of Alexandria?
Naw, he'd just burn the place down.
What?
He aimed for the moon but hit London. (old,old joke)
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