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Old 22-December-2007, 01:49 AM
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Bad Guardian is asking if it is reasonable to withhold or not report erroneous data reduction when doing so may spark a new round of drum beating by crackpots. I say it is not; for the two reasons in my post above, but also because any time you make the judgement call: It is better to withhold or not correct erroneous data than muddy the water, you are flirting with conspiracy - or at the very least, giving crack pots more ammunition if the omitted information comes to light for other reasons.
Bad Guardian has posted no evidence to support his claim.

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NASA did not publish the fact Spirit was within a whisker of failure when it safely landed on Mars. I don't know what the margins were for Opportunity, but I would like to.
Yes they did, otherwise how else would it be known? And this has nothing to do with Bad Guardian's claims about the first MOC image of Cydonia. I hope you are not trying to hijack this thread.

Jon
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