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- From: qsi@contrast.wlink.nl (Peter Kocourek)
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: NASA Duplicity?
- Message-ID: <722110960.F00001@contrast.wlink.nl>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 21:29:30 GMT
- Sender: postmaster@contrast.wlink.nl
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- Hi,
-
- in a recent discussion on a bulletin board here, someone alleged that NASA
- cannot be trusted, because, as he said, it had deliberately deceived the
- public on a number of occasions. Personally, I am rather skeptical of his
- claims (no sources given), so I'd like more knowledgeable folks out here
- to comment on (and preferably, shoot down) these allegations.
-
- Firstly, it was alleged that NASA increased the size of a mountain on
- Venus (no name given) by a factor of 25, to make it more spectacular,
- and make the evening news.
-
- Secondly, NASA was alleged to have to have manipulated the results of
- surveys of the hole in the ozone layer, saying it was larger than its
- measurements showed.
-
- Thirdly, the well-known COBE graphic, that appeared in all newspapers,
- showing anisotropies in the cosmic background radiation, is alleged to
- have been only a graphic of test results, not of the actual measurements
- themselves.
-
- Am I dealing here with a professional NASA-basher, or is there any truth
- to the above allegations? All comments are welcomed, either as e-mail,
- or as replies in this newsgroup.
-
- Thank you.
-
-
- YHS:QSI!
-