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- From: qsi@contrast.wlink.nl (Peter Kocourek)
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Re: NASA Duplicity?
- Message-ID: <722329353.F00002@contrast.wlink.nl>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 01:42:52
- Sender: postmaster@contrast.wlink.nl
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- In a message of <19 Nov 92 19:40:00>, SCOTT I CHASE writes:
-
- > From: sichase@csa1.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE)
- >
- > To clarify a bit:
- >
- > There is quite a difference between choosing an appropriate vertical
- > scale to display your data (which is what NASA and the rest of the
- > world does) and changing the facts, which I think is what the poster
- > was worried about. NASA has never quoted a height that is 25 times
- > larger than the actual measured height of a Venusian feature in order
- > to make the evening news.
-
- Exactly. It all started with a message, along the lines of "How can we ever
- again trust NASA if they tell all these lies?" I thought it'd be better to
- check the facts with the folks who know more about it than I do. :-) Anyway,
- I've had also a number replies by e-mail, and I'll summarize in a few days'
- time.
-
- YHS:QSI!
-
-