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Sorry, but there's nothing about the NASA space program which has a "deal" to be transparent with the tax payer. From being involved with high altitude spy pla
by dotBen 2y ago
Sorry, but there's nothing about the NASA space program which has a "deal" to be transparent with the tax payer.
From being involved with high altitude spy planes and stealth planes during the Cold war through to thinking about the many satellites that are put into space that relates to national security and even the clandestine space plane, we have no idea what it's for...
There is simply no precedent to be upset about a lack of transparency from NASA. Some of that is national security. Some of that is to protect IP. Some of it is just because of the way governments work.
Factor in that actually it may relate to a private company's operational issue (SpaceX) there's even less reason for transparency.
I don't think we will ever know
- leoh 2y agoYes there is. It is called a social contract.
- inopinatus 2y agoMaybe it’s simply none of your damn business.
- usea 2y ago"Social contract" is a term people use to try and bully people into things they never agreed to. Non-imaginary contracts require acceptance. The essential elements of a social contract: - I want it to be true real bad - Other people are forced to comply with it - I dictate the terms unilaterally
- leoh 2y agoWhat do you mean? It is literally the opposite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract
- usea 2y agoThat's not how people use it, such as the person I replied to. There was no consent, explicit or otherwise. They use it to mean "I want things to be this way, so people should be obligated to a rule I made up because 'society'".
- leoh 2y agoIronic because you just made up your own definition yourself