One Step Back, Two Forward

Reflection: #062

NASA will likely need to take a step back in the future – like a crab in water: one step back, two forward. How many singularities – that is, static assertions proclaimed without possibility of correction because they were postulated by important scientists – will be disproven and refuted over time?  

NASA is a military institution with immense political power. Possibly, NASA possesses all the secret information we yearn to know, but for reasons of security and global competition between military powers, it doesn't reveal important data. 

The delay in publishing can span the entire lifetime of the scientists involved. Only posthumously can established erroneous information be revealed or corrected. No living scientist is willing to endure the humiliation of acknowledging errors in their interpretation. Logically, much information is so revealing that it's kept secret for obvious reasons.  This time, NASA – in its marketing campaign – is forced to disclose something it probably knew long ago. Good marketing attracts investors, right?

NASA needs money for other projects, surely secret ones. On this occasion, it has confirmed that the Moon has water – and not a little.  I haven't read or heard such firmness in any statement on Mars exploration. Maybe I missed some news, though I read in several languages, but a categorical declaration on water on Mars isn't in my files. In case of a confirmation, there's always some doubt left, with the argument that perhaps there was water thousands of years ago – always keeping the possibility to retract. Thus, it seems they still don't know what they want to reveal in the future. All confirmations include this margin of error, allowing them to correct statements later – in the best style of political and legal maneuvering in third-world countries: Everything can be discussed and adjusted at any time.

Today, the thief; tomorrow, the victim.  It makes you think: Why this irrevocable confirmation of water's presence on the Moon?

Time will show why. The plan is in motion – the great plan to which everything obeys.  Greetings,

Josef Bauer 

Partial NASA comment on its website, confirming the presence of water on the Moon. Something truly historic:  Original text (in English):

"We are ecstatic," said Anthony Colaprete, LCROSS project scientist and principal investigator at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. "Multiple lines of evidence show water was present in both the high angle vapor plume and the ejecta curtain created by the LCROSS Centaur impact. The concentration and distribution of water and other substances requires further analysis, but it is safe to say Cabeus holds water."  Translation:

"We are ecstatic," said Anthony Colaprete, LCROSS project scientist and principal investigator at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. "Multiple lines of evidence show the presence of water in both the high-angle vapor plume and the ejecta curtain created by the LCROSS Centaur impact. The concentration and distribution of water and other substances require further analysis, but it is safe to say Cabeus contains water."  

Source:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/prelim_water_results.html