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- From: jbatka@desire.wright.edu
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Re: NASA Duplicity?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.100403.5701@desire.wright.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 10:04:03 EST
- References: <722110960.F00001@contrast.wlink.nl>
- Organization: Wright State University
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- In article <722110960.F00001@contrast.wlink.nl>, qsi@contrast.wlink.nl (Peter Kocourek) writes:
- >
- > 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.
-
- I don't know about the rest, but this one is very probably true. I have
- seen several computer animations (and graphics) completed by NASA (
- and JPL), which have had their scales changed. In ALL of the cases I've
- seen, in the back ground a statement is made that says "vertical distances
- have been enlarged to enhance the features." There is nothing wrong
- with changing scales to enhance features, I do it all the time when I
- make charts.
-
- >
- > 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.
- >
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