NASA keeps quiet on mission mishap

Neutron

17th April 2006 - 07:49 PM

Saying the information is too sensitive, NASA announced Friday that it will not release its report on the failed rendezvous of two spacecraft in what would have been the first such maneuver without human intervention.

NASA plans to release a summary of why the DART spacecraft did not complete its mission last year, but the full 70-page document contains details protected by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, space agency spokesman Michael Braukus said.

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Confused2

17th April 2006 - 10:09 PM

As somebody (Jean-Paul Sartre?) said:-
Everything changes .. everything stays the same.

NickFun

17th April 2006 - 10:51 PM

"Too sensitive" is another way of saying "too embarrassing". They probably mixed up metric measurements with American measurements again!

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