You are not the first to point out this perceived problem: http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/nasadotgov/posts/post_1306860816073.html http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/na

You are not the first to point out this perceived problem: http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/nasadotgov/posts/post_1306860816073.html http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/nasadotgov/posts/post_130686081... Short version: They have decided the cost of doing so is not worth it. I could not agree more - sure, redirecting example.com -> www.example.com is technically straightforward, but setting up a highly-available cluster (which NASA would certainly require) is not free.