Hopefully not many Apollo documents were removed.OK, I'm curious. Can you identify anything in what you have which might be considered "aid and comfort for the enemy"? I suspect not, but NASA are being uber-cautious, maybe. In any event, such material is already out there since you have copies. I'm just curious what, if anything, might be in the material you downloaded from NTRS which might be considered secret.
I think all of the NRTS documents I reference in the Apollo 9 Flight Journal have gone.
I have the PDFs from earlier but they're not on the site now.
As far as I'm concerned, if it doesn't have a warhead on it, it shouldn't be considered a munition.
The problem is this 'dual use' crap. Anything can be turned into a weapon these days by the sufficiently motivated. I suppose even pressure cookers will soon be added to ITAR.
As far as I'm concerned, if it doesn't have a warhead on it, it shouldn't be considered a munition.
The problem is this 'dual use' crap. Anything can be turned into a weapon these days by the sufficiently motivated...Even a sharp pencil, according to a former Australian Government minister back in 2005...
...Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone...said a lot of airline security was more about making people feel better than achieving an outcome.
Senator Vanstone illustrated her argument by saying it would be possible to hijack a plane by using a pencil to stab someone in the eye.
... when the (LM) forward hatch was opened for extravehicular activity, it tended to bind on top and had to be pushed downward to open it. ... Corrective action will be to run a strip of tape between the vehicle structure and shield ...
Frame: AS09-22-3335 (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a410/AS09-22-3335.jpg) Latitude: 33 15N Longitude: 100 53W Image overlap: 70% Altitude: 105 nautical miles Cloud cover: 10% Viewing mode: Oblique Description: Texas, Lubbock, Red River, Big Springs, Sweetwater