Why are the blueprints of old satellites still not available to public?
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There are old, now mostly useless blueprints of old satellites, (or rockets, or pieces of software, or engineer's notes, e.t.c) but they are still closed to public. Why? Can it harm the Space Agency which manufactured them somehow?
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There are old, now mostly useless blueprints of old satellites, (or rockets, or pieces of software, or engineer's notes, e.t.c) but they are still closed to public. Why? Can it harm the Space Agency which manufactured them somehow?
artificial-satellite launch-vehicle
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Which space agency are you talking about?
– Nathan Tuggy
6 hours ago
Just as an example, none of them share such a data (mostly)
– biryulin04
6 hours ago
Are they unwilling or just unbothering to?
– rackandboneman
2 hours ago
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If I suspect correctly, your native language is using "ship" also for satellites (aka "spaceship"). Beware, it is a possible source of misunderstanding, on English, "ship" means only the large steel boxes swimming on the oceans of the Earth.
– peterh
1 hour ago
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The program of the moon lander is available on the Github. It is in assembly for an ancient cpu. :-)
– peterh
1 hour ago
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There are old, now mostly useless blueprints of old satellites, (or rockets, or pieces of software, or engineer's notes, e.t.c) but they are still closed to public. Why? Can it harm the Space Agency which manufactured them somehow?
artificial-satellite launch-vehicle
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There are old, now mostly useless blueprints of old satellites, (or rockets, or pieces of software, or engineer's notes, e.t.c) but they are still closed to public. Why? Can it harm the Space Agency which manufactured them somehow?
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Which space agency are you talking about?
– Nathan Tuggy
6 hours ago
Just as an example, none of them share such a data (mostly)
– biryulin04
6 hours ago
Are they unwilling or just unbothering to?
– rackandboneman
2 hours ago
1
If I suspect correctly, your native language is using "ship" also for satellites (aka "spaceship"). Beware, it is a possible source of misunderstanding, on English, "ship" means only the large steel boxes swimming on the oceans of the Earth.
– peterh
1 hour ago
1
The program of the moon lander is available on the Github. It is in assembly for an ancient cpu. :-)
– peterh
1 hour ago
add a comment |
2
Which space agency are you talking about?
– Nathan Tuggy
6 hours ago
Just as an example, none of them share such a data (mostly)
– biryulin04
6 hours ago
Are they unwilling or just unbothering to?
– rackandboneman
2 hours ago
1
If I suspect correctly, your native language is using "ship" also for satellites (aka "spaceship"). Beware, it is a possible source of misunderstanding, on English, "ship" means only the large steel boxes swimming on the oceans of the Earth.
– peterh
1 hour ago
1
The program of the moon lander is available on the Github. It is in assembly for an ancient cpu. :-)
– peterh
1 hour ago
2
2
Which space agency are you talking about?
– Nathan Tuggy
6 hours ago
Which space agency are you talking about?
– Nathan Tuggy
6 hours ago
Just as an example, none of them share such a data (mostly)
– biryulin04
6 hours ago
Just as an example, none of them share such a data (mostly)
– biryulin04
6 hours ago
Are they unwilling or just unbothering to?
– rackandboneman
2 hours ago
Are they unwilling or just unbothering to?
– rackandboneman
2 hours ago
1
1
If I suspect correctly, your native language is using "ship" also for satellites (aka "spaceship"). Beware, it is a possible source of misunderstanding, on English, "ship" means only the large steel boxes swimming on the oceans of the Earth.
– peterh
1 hour ago
If I suspect correctly, your native language is using "ship" also for satellites (aka "spaceship"). Beware, it is a possible source of misunderstanding, on English, "ship" means only the large steel boxes swimming on the oceans of the Earth.
– peterh
1 hour ago
1
1
The program of the moon lander is available on the Github. It is in assembly for an ancient cpu. :-)
– peterh
1 hour ago
The program of the moon lander is available on the Github. It is in assembly for an ancient cpu. :-)
– peterh
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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- Rockets (even old designs) are capable of delivering a nuclear weapon anywhere on Earth. Governments don't want this technology to fall into the wrong hands.
- Publishing a design takes a lot of effort. The complete design for a rocket easily exceeds a million drawings and hundreds of thousands of pages of supporting documents. For an old rocket, all of that only exists on paper or microfilm, so it'd cost millions to scan it all and make the documents accessible.
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In some cases, the detailed design work belongs to the corporations that did the engineering work, not to a government space agency accountable to the citizens of a given country. Those corporations don't have any financial incentive to make those documents available, and substantial incentive to keep them secret from their competitors.
– Russell Borogove
1 hour ago
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
votes
up vote
12
down vote
accepted
- Rockets (even old designs) are capable of delivering a nuclear weapon anywhere on Earth. Governments don't want this technology to fall into the wrong hands.
- Publishing a design takes a lot of effort. The complete design for a rocket easily exceeds a million drawings and hundreds of thousands of pages of supporting documents. For an old rocket, all of that only exists on paper or microfilm, so it'd cost millions to scan it all and make the documents accessible.
answered 6 hours ago
Hobbes
84.5k2238382
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In some cases, the detailed design work belongs to the corporations that did the engineering work, not to a government space agency accountable to the citizens of a given country. Those corporations don't have any financial incentive to make those documents available, and substantial incentive to keep them secret from their competitors.
– Russell Borogove
1 hour ago
add a comment |
up vote
12
down vote
accepted
- Rockets (even old designs) are capable of delivering a nuclear weapon anywhere on Earth. Governments don't want this technology to fall into the wrong hands.
- Publishing a design takes a lot of effort. The complete design for a rocket easily exceeds a million drawings and hundreds of thousands of pages of supporting documents. For an old rocket, all of that only exists on paper or microfilm, so it'd cost millions to scan it all and make the documents accessible.
answered 6 hours ago
Hobbes
84.5k2238382
2
In some cases, the detailed design work belongs to the corporations that did the engineering work, not to a government space agency accountable to the citizens of a given country. Those corporations don't have any financial incentive to make those documents available, and substantial incentive to keep them secret from their competitors.
– Russell Borogove
1 hour ago
add a comment |
up vote
12
down vote
accepted
up vote
12
down vote
accepted
- Rockets (even old designs) are capable of delivering a nuclear weapon anywhere on Earth. Governments don't want this technology to fall into the wrong hands.
- Publishing a design takes a lot of effort. The complete design for a rocket easily exceeds a million drawings and hundreds of thousands of pages of supporting documents. For an old rocket, all of that only exists on paper or microfilm, so it'd cost millions to scan it all and make the documents accessible.
answered 6 hours ago
Hobbes
84.5k2238382
- Rockets (even old designs) are capable of delivering a nuclear weapon anywhere on Earth. Governments don't want this technology to fall into the wrong hands.
- Publishing a design takes a lot of effort. The complete design for a rocket easily exceeds a million drawings and hundreds of thousands of pages of supporting documents. For an old rocket, all of that only exists on paper or microfilm, so it'd cost millions to scan it all and make the documents accessible.
answered 6 hours ago
Hobbes
84.5k2238382
answered 6 hours ago
Hobbes
84.5k2238382
answered 6 hours ago
Hobbes
84.5k2238382
answered 6 hours ago
Hobbes
84.5k2238382
84.5k2238382
2
In some cases, the detailed design work belongs to the corporations that did the engineering work, not to a government space agency accountable to the citizens of a given country. Those corporations don't have any financial incentive to make those documents available, and substantial incentive to keep them secret from their competitors.
– Russell Borogove
1 hour ago
add a comment |
2
In some cases, the detailed design work belongs to the corporations that did the engineering work, not to a government space agency accountable to the citizens of a given country. Those corporations don't have any financial incentive to make those documents available, and substantial incentive to keep them secret from their competitors.
– Russell Borogove
1 hour ago
2
2
In some cases, the detailed design work belongs to the corporations that did the engineering work, not to a government space agency accountable to the citizens of a given country. Those corporations don't have any financial incentive to make those documents available, and substantial incentive to keep them secret from their competitors.
– Russell Borogove
1 hour ago
In some cases, the detailed design work belongs to the corporations that did the engineering work, not to a government space agency accountable to the citizens of a given country. Those corporations don't have any financial incentive to make those documents available, and substantial incentive to keep them secret from their competitors.
– Russell Borogove
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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Which space agency are you talking about?
– Nathan Tuggy
6 hours ago
Just as an example, none of them share such a data (mostly)
– biryulin04
6 hours ago
Are they unwilling or just unbothering to?
– rackandboneman
2 hours ago
1
If I suspect correctly, your native language is using "ship" also for satellites (aka "spaceship"). Beware, it is a possible source of misunderstanding, on English, "ship" means only the large steel boxes swimming on the oceans of the Earth.
– peterh
1 hour ago
1
The program of the moon lander is available on the Github. It is in assembly for an ancient cpu. :-)
– peterh
1 hour ago