Strange, why doesn't NASA want to talk about a silly movie???

[nborders]

Strange thing I found on a Movie site, no less.

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/#film3

NASA Orders Scientists Not To Discuss Global-Warming Movie


NASA scientists and officials were officially ordered early this month not to comment on the upcoming movie The Day After Tomorrow, which raises the prospect of an instant ice age occurring as a result of global warming, the New York Times reported Sunday. "No one from NASA is to do interviews or otherwise comment on anything having to do with" the film, said the message, which was signed by the top press officer of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. "Any news media wanting to discuss science fiction vs. science fact about climate change will need to seek comment from individuals or organizations not associated with NASA." The Times reported that it had received a copy of the message from an unnamed NASA scientist who said he resented efforts to muzzle researchers. The newspaper indicated that late last week the agency reversed its decision and said that it would make scientists available to discuss the movie.

That is odd, why would a Government agency not want to talk about global warming???

~n

[BlueEyedSon]

1. HELLO??? They were ORDERED. It has nothing to do with what they WANT.

Who do you think ORDERED it?

[nborders]

3. My point exactly! n/m

[tom_paine]

4. Yep. That one came right from Bushevik Party HQ and Uncle Karl

Remember: Orwell 101: If you pretend an event isn't happeneing and you control all media, that mean it never happened.

[DrWeird]

2. That's the funny thing.

Clearly NASA's being run by a bunch of twits.

[salvorhardin]

5. NASA is funny this way...

Back about a year or so ago, I believe not too long after the stupid Fox TV show on how the moon landings were a "hoax," NASA's chief historian at the time (Roger Launius) commissioned James Oberg (former rocket scientist, former space shuttle flight controller and space flight historian extraordinaire) to write a book debunking the various claims by those who think the Apollo missions were hoaxed. A measly $15,000 was budgeted.

However, this brought a lot of political heat to NASA for responding to these farcical claims. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and many others felt that publishing a book debunking the idiots was giving them credibility that they didn't deserve. So... NASA orders Launius to quash the book and NASA goes back to simply ignoring the idiots (who then respond with accusations like "see, they can't even defend their story").

Sort of reminds one of the democrats in the sheer unwillingness to stand up for what one knows as right.