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pockybum522last Saturday at 2:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

What a strange take. Does this also apply to every soldier in the armed forces? Seems your criteria is equally applicable there.

The relevant people that can do the research and write future policies based on the data obviously will have the information. Not sure what good you think that you personally having it can do.


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Supermanchoyesterday at 6:30 AM

> What a strange take. Does this also apply to every soldier in the armed forces? Seems your criteria is equally applicable there.

Why? There are different rules for different endeavors, specializations, and roles. NASA is ostensibly for exploration, in an expansive sense. Hiding information of any kind, seems antithetical to the over-arching mission.

> The relevant people that can do the research and write future policies based on the data obviously will have the information.

Given recent events, this assumption of fidelity is not something I can subscribe to, for the rest of my days.

okdood64last Saturday at 2:50 PM

A single soldier having a medical issue generally doesn't cancel a multi-month mission costing some X large sum of money, requiring another Y large sum of money to even finish cancelling it (returning their unit home).

Therefore it's not relevant and not needed for the public to know.

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