Re: Hydrothermal Systems, Stromatolites and Bacterial Concretions! Nasa's Big Lie!

From: DrPostman (Looky_at_mysig.foremail)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:59:27 GMT

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:57:32 -0400, "Jonathan" <jon@home.com> wrote:

>I agree about the 'scientific method'. That is all fine and well.
>But can you answer me any of these questions.

I'll try, off the top of my head. Someone else can correct me if
I am wrong. Also, I believe you have had these answered before.

>
>What is the policy concerning science data release to the
>public, is there an embargo?

Yes.

>How long is the embargo, if any?

I think it depends upon how long the various researchers need
to go through their data.

>Who has made the decision to place an embargo?

Arrangements between the various researchers and NASA

>Is that person elected, and accountable to the public?

Nope.

>If there is an embargo, why? What is the justification
>for /this/ embargo, not just in general.

Give the researchers who have put tones of time (and
in many cases lots of money) the time to go over the
data that they get from the project. Otherwise they
wouldn't bother if other researchers who didn't invest
time and resources could simply have the same data
for no effort.

>Who do we complain to?

No one. Get over it.

>
>
>And please cite your sources for your answers please.

NASA

>Considering the profound...using their words...implications
>of this mission, and the principles of an open democracy, those
>answers are NOT acceptable.

Even in a democracy most people can't always get their way.

BTW, really big news tends to break embargoes:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/282/5390/862 

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