> 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.