Re: A rival system

["Dirk Terrell" <terrell@boulder.swri.edu>]

On Wed, 28 May 2003 15:15:30 -0500, Michael Koppelman wrote:

>Is this like they do with the Hubble where no one else can see the data 
>until a certain period of time has past? 

No, this is a press embargo. It's basically so that the official
announcement can be made at the meeting but gives press outlets a
chance to get it ready to go.

>If so, it is a concept I 
>deplore, especially when the government tax payer money put the damn 
>thing in orbit.

That's a different matter. The embargo of data gives the people who put
in the effort to develop and submit a proposal (no small feat I can
assure you) a chance to develop their work and publish it. 

Dirk