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Political Pressure Pushes NASA Technical Reports Offline

Posted by timothy on from the beware-the-trade-federation dept.

Trepidity writes "The extensive NASA Technical Report Archive was just taken offline, following pressure from members of U.S. Congress, worried that Chinese researchers could be reading the reports. U.S. Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) demanded that 'NASA should immediately take down all publicly available technical data sources until all documents that have not been subjected to export control review have received such a review,' and NASA appears to have complied. Although all reports are in the public domain, there doesn't appear to be a third-party mirror available (some university libraries do have subsets on microfiche)."

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  1. oh no by X0563511 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The commies are coming!

    It's Joseph McCarthy all over again...

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    1. Re:oh no by abirdman · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ms. Rand would have had a better time of it in the USA if she hadn't insisted on writing children's books. Eventually her audience grew up. Oh wait, a few stayed back.

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  2. Maybe we can ask the chinese to put a mirror up? by leehwtsohg · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, we could ask really nicely, no?

    Hey, china, how about it? In the name of humanity? Openness?

  3. Re:shitty by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny

    well, that's shitty.

    Pfft. Just mix in some of the bills in the US House every few pages and the Chinese government will become so encumbered and gridlocked they won't know if they are coming or going.

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  4. Mirror by zmooc · · Score: 3, Funny

    So.. anybody in China reading this kind enough to put up a mirror?

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