New Chris Hadfield Masterclass

[Norcalplanner]

I was just fed an advertisement for this class when I was watching something space-related on Youtube.  Seems like something that may be worth looking into...

https://www.masterclass.com/classes/chris-hadfield-teaches-space-exploration

Here's the trailer:

 

[Scotius]

Perfect man for the job Most charismatic astronaut today - if he can't get students interested in space exploration, nobody can.

[YNM]

2 hours ago, Scotius said:

if he can't get students interested in space exploration, nobody can.

KSP ?

[razark]

Huh.  I guess they finally did settle the Export Control question.

[Gargamel]

2 hours ago, razark said:

I guess they finally did settle the Export Control question.

Explain?

I saw this trailer the other day, looked interesting. 

[razark]

6 minutes ago, Gargamel said:

Explain?

At 0:37, he picks up and shows his Crew Notebook from one of his shuttle flights, including some of the internal notes.  This is technically a document from the U.S. Government, and classified by the agency as "Scientific and Technical Information".  Such information requires review to see if it is appropriate to release to the public, and further, non-US citizens.  Someone raised the question whether the inclusion in this course would require approval for release of that information.  Imagine if the information got into the hands of a member of the public, or possibly a foreign national!

Such as, for example, a private Canadian citizen...

[55delta]

It doesn't need to be said. But I would think that if NASA was worried about the matter, they would have taken it from him after each flight, or when he announced his retirement from spaceflight. Seem incredibly careless to make a fuss about it now.

Besides, I doubt anyone fears that information falling into 'the wrong hands.' I expect it would mostly apply to the space shuttle, which is also retired. Anyone worried about rogue nations making STS-style shuttles needs to calm down and do some basic research.

[YNM]

On 5/14/2018 at 10:52 AM, razark said:

Imagine if the information got into the hands of a member of the public, or possibly a foreign national !

Guess GCHQ have better times with those.

[kerbiloid]

Too late to worry.
Look at the left-down surname on the book, near the emblem.

All sikrets revealed!

Edited May 20, 2018 by kerbiloid

[wumpus]

10 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

Too late to worry.
Look at the left-down surname on the book, near the emblem.

All sikrets revealed!

You think that would ever stop a government worker protecting his "turf"?  This sounds a lot like the reason that Spacex cameras had to cut out when nearing space.  As far as I know, there have been plenty of "trade secrets" lawsuits over things publicly available, and as long as they weren't leaked in a completely legal  way (and trace such a leak to the defendant)  the "owner" of the secret could still sue.

[55delta]

Yes, petty people will be petty. But I doubt anyone, like a judge, would agree. This wouldn't just be, under condition x, your y is in my domain and requires my approval. Not only has some time passed, but Hatfield made his retirement announcement publically. As well, his has likely had that book for a while and likely shown it around to people, so there's no real secrets there, if there ever were. So either it was already cleared, or someone was incredibly negligent in vetting documents. This horse left the barn a long time ago, very hard to make a case for closing the door.

That said, if Hatfield dies, NASA might ask for the notebook back as a historical document, which would involve wrangling with the Canadian Space Agency over whose museum it would go to.