Et tu NASA?

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Interesting article in NYTimes today regarding NASA scientists barred from discussing a MOVIE!

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/25/national/25MOVI.html

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In "The Day After Tomorrow," a $125 million disaster film set to open on May 28, global warming from accumulating smokestack and tailpipe gases disrupts warm ocean currents and sets off an instant ice age.

Few climate experts think such a prospect is likely, especially in the near future. But the prospect that moviegoers will be alarmed enough to blame the Bush administration for inattention to climate change has stirred alarm at the space agency, scientists there say.

"No one from NASA is to do interviews or otherwise comment on anything having to do with" the film, said the April 1 message, which was sent by Goddard's top press officer. "Any news media wanting to discuss science fiction vs. science fact about climate change will need to seek comment from individuals or organizations not associated with NASA."

Copies of the message, and the one from NASA headquarters to which it referred, were provided to The New York Times by a senior NASA scientist who said he resented attempts to muzzle climate researchers.

[bryant69]

1. Your title is interesting

Because, of course, it's not like NASA is shutting up on their own; they are being forced to by the administration. And one scientist was upset enough that he contacted the Times.

Bryant
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2. NASA Administrators sent the memo

the scientists are appalled.

[XNASA]

3. It's O'Keefe.......

He'll do the bidding of the BFEE. Another bean-counter placed at the helm of a critical agency.

Bastards.

[Bill McBlueState]

4. that's a good thing to keep in mind

O'Keefe: not a scientist