Political Pressure Pushes NASA Technical Reports Offline 140
Trepidity writes "The extensive NASA Technical Report Archive was just taken offline, following pressure from members of U.S. Congress, worried that Chinese researchers could be reading the reports. U.S. Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) demanded that 'NASA should immediately take down all publicly available technical data sources until all documents that have not been subjected to export control review have received such a review,' and NASA appears to have complied. Although all reports are in the public domain, there doesn't appear to be a third-party mirror available (some university libraries do have subsets on microfiche)."
oh no (Score:5, Funny)
The commies are coming!
It's Joseph McCarthy all over again...
Maybe we can ask the chinese to put a mirror up? (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, we could ask really nicely, no?
Hey, china, how about it? In the name of humanity? Openness?
Re:shitty (Score:5, Funny)
well, that's shitty.
Pfft. Just mix in some of the bills in the US House every few pages and the Chinese government will become so encumbered and gridlocked they won't know if they are coming or going.
Mirror (Score:4, Funny)
So.. anybody in China reading this kind enough to put up a mirror?
Re:oh no (Score:5, Funny)