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NASA Contractors Censoring Saturn V Info

Posted by kdawson on from the should-never-have-released-those-pr-stills dept.

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."

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  1. Re:WTF??? How do you take down? by Pad-Lok · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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!

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  2. Re:WTF??? How do you take down? by jamstar7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you re-secretize something that is in Public Domain???

    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...

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  3. Of course by iamdrscience · · Score: 5, Funny

    No word yet if the assignment of a Karl Rove protege high up in NASA has any connection.
    Ah-ha! How could I be so foolish thinking that this could just be the case of one security guard being an idiot? Surely this is all part of Karl Rove's plan! He needs to get rid of the Saturn V rocket plans in order to keep our enemies from attacking the top secret laser-equipped moon bases he's built to control the earth with. It's all so simple!
  4. Re:private sector by phozz+bare · · Score: 5, Funny

    The two nations that have put people on the moon

    You are of course referring to the United States and America?

  5. Re:This is why we're still in the Space Stone Age by tgd · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  6. Re:Protecting their IP? by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gah, when you let government work on decryption... The message was that we plan to moon the terrorists.

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  7. Re:private sector by Oktober+Sunset · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  8. Re:private sector by Hijacked+Public · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  9. Re:private sector by mikeabbott420 · · Score: 5, Funny

    He aimed for the moon but hit London. (old,old joke)

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