Dear markjo, my friend,
I was about to ask you again if you're all right, but have just remembered that jroa so clearly explained that here: https://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=66925.msg1788782#msg1788782 .
Can't you stop this stupid condescending attitude?
You are just so concerned with everybody's welfare.
I've never seen a more smug[1] hypocritical poster here!
Do you really think that 51 or so years ago NASA was publishing stuff primarily for your benefit.
Not likely! They would have had access to their own data long before it was released to the public.
Also, did every detail of tests get published? I have no idea, and neither do you.
Of course, your attitude to everything concerned with you nemesis NASA is,
"Guilty until proven innocent", by prosecutor, defense attorney, witnesses, judge and jury, the one and only completely unbiased NASAphobic_Humble_Scientist.
Yes, real fair trial NASA gets around here!
Of course, had I but known Humble_Scientist was going to audit all this data 51 years later, I could have warned them, but since I had never met anyone like the Humble_Scientist, I could hardly foresee it, pity!
PS: The Globe was decided on by reasonable people some two millenia before NASA, and even the rotating earth hundreds of years before NASA (yes, that's a bit harder to prove!) so blaming NASA is really a case of "closing the cage after the bird's flown away!"
NASA just went with the widely accepted ideas and convincingly proved them correct. I do not accept that NASA ever had any intention of "proving the earth a Globe", everyone knew that!
[1] Mind you your partner in crime Papa Legba might beat on this, and your language is a bit more moderate.
Rabinoz, my old buddy, I've never expected reading that NASA document can make you so over-excited. I remember that you almost died of excitement last fall while chatting with me. Since then, you might have noticed I do practice such a caring, cherishing and tender attitude towards you. Seriously. Do you want a proof? Right now? Just look at your left palm, and you will see that the lines on it form the letter "M". Do they?
So, let me carefully take your hand, as if you were a little child, - actually, you mentally are, - and read that NASA document together. By the way, you have such a mess in your head, and perhaps quite a few worms, too, that might be the reason for it... For example, reading NASA documents is not a crime, as you erroneously considered. It is a perfectly legal and highly entertaining activity. Also, I'm not a NASAphobic. I can assure you, that "NASA Technical Note NASA TN D-4713" is indeed an interesting and well-prepared document. Let's start, this is the link most kindly provided by our dearest friend
markjo:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19680021275.pdfFirst of all, what is the "technical note"? NASA so kindly explain that, on the last page of the document:
"TECHNICAL REPORTS: Scientific and technical information considered important, complete, and a lasting contribution to existing knowledge.
TECHNICAL NOTES: Information less broad in scope but nevertheless of importance as a contribution to existing knowledge." As you can see, a technical note is indeed a very important document, next to only a technical report. It contributes to existing knowledge! Isn't it amazing?
Thus, a technical note dated, for example, "August 1968" contributed to existing knowledge that NASA had before. This is the bleeding edge of what NASA knows, as of August 1968. Agreed? Now, dear
rabinoz, could you please have a look at the first page of the document? At the bottom of the page, to the right? What date do you see? Isn't it "August 1968"? What a pleasant surprise!
So, "NASA Technical Note NASA TN D-4713" contains the last information on the topic that NASA had in August 1968. Is it clear? I do hope so.
Is it possible that NASA published this valuable note and, at the same time, was hiding some results? Of course, not. Please have a look at the last page, again, and read:
"The aeronautical and space activities of the United States shall be conducted so as to contribute . . . to the expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space. The Administration shall provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its activities and the results thereof."
- National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 Therefore, contrary to what your erroneous beliefs, NASA does provide the widest etc. information about its activities and the results. They do not hide anything. 'Cause they want to expand human knowledge, ya know. Are you a human? Then this is your knowledge, - expand it. Yes, yes, yes, you can read it, it is not a crime.
So, read it, pal. Read the "NASA Technical Note NASA TN D-4713", please.
Is it only for my own benefit? - yet another false persuasion of yours. No, of course. It is for the benefit of all of us. 'Cause they want us to know.
