On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:52:56 GMT, ~A~ <angel@nospam.com> wrote:

} 1.  Name one independent scientist not employed by or under contract by NASA
} who has been invited by NASA to scientifically peer review Malins' raw Mars
} photographic data.

No.

} 2.  Why if NASA is operating under the auspices of a
} government agency  and their data belongs to the United States government is
} Dr. Malin allowed to claim ownership of the raw Mars photographic data?

None of your damn business.

} 3.  Why doesn't the space shuttle say "property of the US Government"?

Who cares?

} 4.  Why does President Bush dictating to NASA what they can and can not do.
} Name the laws which give the President power over NASA.

Guns. Lots of them. How many you have?

} 5.  Is NASA a government agency or a private agency?

They don't have to tell you.

} 6.  If NASA is a private agency under the auspices of Lockheed, then given
} George Bush senior is advisor to Carlyle Industries which own controlling
} interest in Lockeed, how can NASA avoid being in conflict of interest
} with the US government which is allegedly funding space missions.

They can do anything they want.

} 7.  Given the above, if NASA is now a privately independently owned
} government agency, is going to Mars a special interest project?

Shut up.

And you misspelled "sci.astro" dumbass. It has a dot in it, not a
hyphen.