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Dr. John Brandenburg: Confessions of a NASA Space Scientist

Earth Ancients

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The Unspoken Rule at NASA

NASA has an unspoken policy, kind of a conspiracy of silence that if you want to get do business with NASA and get grants and things like this, it's not a good enough thing that you're a good professor. You got to get grants. And that requires grants to support your research. And then you have to get citations. Other people who see some benefit citing you and you can't play that game unless you play ball with NASA. The unspoken rule at NASA is you're supposed to look for signs of extra treasure life, but not find any. It was the middle and cold war. They were very when you're in a cold war, you want to manage public mindset

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