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It's required to by the legislation that created it, the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.

FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 203. (a) The Administration, in order to carry out the purpose of
this Act, shall--

(1) plan, direct, and conduct aeronautical and space activities;

(2) arrange for participation by the scientific community in planning
scientific measurements and observations to be made through use of
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(3) provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination
of information concerning its activities and the results thereof.

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NASA is not a stand-alone thing. It is the civilian part of the space industry, and partially, the military industry of the USA. They work together.

For example: they publish the photos, what the Hubble made. This is very useful for the whole humanity. But the same (or very similar) technologies are used in spy satellites, too. Only the watch not the sky, but the Earth. Of course nothing is known about their capabilities and results. Not even the engineering details of the Hubble are public - only its results.

Most countries have some law enforcing the access of the tax-payers to the results of their tax. This can be avoided on national security reasons, but it has a reason. The law of the USA probably doesn't enforce to publish the results for the whole world, but it is practically impossible to narrow, for example, the availability of the Hubble photos to the USA citizens. It has also much better PR to openly publish it.

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  Why do you think the engineering details of the Hubble aren't available? Granted, it's probably not that easy to find specific details, but I'd guess that that's more because very few people would actually be interested in the details.
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Because they're scientists, and publishing your results is what scientists do. There's a reason why the final step of basically every research methodology used in academia is "publish your results" (and I'm only saying "basically every" because I'm not an expert on the field of research methodologies, so while it's possible that there's one obscure one out there that doesn't, it doesn't seem likely to me).

Also because they're legally obligated to do so by the rules of their government funding, as pointed out in Organic Marble's answer.

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It's required to by the legislation that created it, the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.

FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 203. (a) The Administration, in order to carry out the purpose of
this Act, shall--

(1) plan, direct, and conduct aeronautical and space activities;

(2) arrange for participation by the scientific community in planning
scientific measurements and observations to be made through use of
aeronautical and space vehicles, and conduct or arrange for the
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(3) provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination
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  I suspect that provision came in response to the Soviet Union's activities during the Cold War which were much more secretive. I remember hearing in a documentary or two about how the United States felt it important to at least appear to be transparent about what all was being developed... an effort to show that what was being built and done was for peaceful purposes. I'll see if I can find a source on that, unless you know one off the top of your head. :-)
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It's required to by the legislation that created it, the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.

FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 203. (a) The Administration, in order to carry out the purpose of
this Act, shall--

(1) plan, direct, and conduct aeronautical and space activities;

(2) arrange for participation by the scientific community in planning
scientific measurements and observations to be made through use of
aeronautical and space vehicles, and conduct or arrange for the
conduct of such measurements and observations; and

(3) provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination
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  I suspect that provision came in response to the Soviet Union's activities during the Cold War which were much more secretive. I remember hearing in a documentary or two about how the United States felt it important to at least appear to be transparent about what all was being developed... an effort to show that what was being built and done was for peaceful purposes. I'll see if I can find a source on that, unless you know one off the top of your head. :-)
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It's required to by the legislation that created it, the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.

FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 203. (a) The Administration, in order to carry out the purpose of
this Act, shall--

(1) plan, direct, and conduct aeronautical and space activities;

(2) arrange for participation by the scientific community in planning
scientific measurements and observations to be made through use of
aeronautical and space vehicles, and conduct or arrange for the
conduct of such measurements and observations; and

(3) provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination
of information concerning its activities and the results thereof.

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NASA is not a stand-alone thing. It is the civilian part of the space industry, and partially, the military industry of the USA. They work together.

For example: they publish the photos, what the Hubble made. This is very useful for the whole humanity. But the same (or very similar) technologies are used in spy satellites, too. Only the watch not the sky, but the Earth. Of course nothing is known about their capabilities and results. Not even the engineering details of the Hubble are public - only its results.

Most countries have some law enforcing the access of the tax-payers to the results of their tax. This can be avoided on national security reasons, but it has a reason. The law of the USA probably doesn't enforce to publish the results for the whole world, but it is practically impossible to narrow, for example, the availability of the Hubble photos to the USA citizens. It has also much better PR to openly publish it.

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  Regarding openly publishing to the world, I've seen in foreign-language forums how enthusiastically some people out there follow NASA and its science. I've seen people say that it's an American endeavor but they feel like they're a part of it. That is indescribably wonderful, and maybe an under-appreciated PR tool. (I feel the same when, e.g., China puts a lander on the moon, or Japan takes shots at an asteroid. There's just something international about space science.)
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  Why do you think the engineering details of the Hubble aren't available? Granted, it's probably not that easy to find specific details, but I'd guess that that's more because very few people would actually be interested in the details.
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NASA is not a stand-alone thing. It is the civilian part of the space industry, and partially, the military industry of the USA. They work together.

For example: they publish the photos, what the Hubble made. This is very useful for the whole humanity. But the same (or very similar) technologies are used in spy satellites, too. Only the watch not the sky, but the Earth. Of course nothing is known about their capabilities and results. Not even the engineering details of the Hubble are public - only its results.

Most countries have some law enforcing the access of the tax-payers to the results of their tax. This can be avoided on national security reasons, but it has a reason. The law of the USA probably doesn't enforce to publish the results for the whole world, but it is practically impossible to narrow, for example, the availability of the Hubble photos to the USA citizens. It has also much better PR to openly publish it.

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  Regarding openly publishing to the world, I've seen in foreign-language forums how enthusiastically some people out there follow NASA and its science. I've seen people say that it's an American endeavor but they feel like they're a part of it. That is indescribably wonderful, and maybe an under-appreciated PR tool. (I feel the same when, e.g., China puts a lander on the moon, or Japan takes shots at an asteroid. There's just something international about space science.)
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  @Greg "and maybe an under-appreciated PR tool." The Eisenhower administration knew exactly what it was doing in this case.
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  Why do you think the engineering details of the Hubble aren't available? Granted, it's probably not that easy to find specific details, but I'd guess that that's more because very few people would actually be interested in the details.
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NASA is not a stand-alone thing. It is the civilian part of the space industry, and partially, the military industry of the USA. They work together.

For example: they publish the photos, what the Hubble made. This is very useful for the whole humanity. But the same (or very similar) technologies are used in spy satellites, too. Only the watch not the sky, but the Earth. Of course nothing is known about their capabilities and results. Not even the engineering details of the Hubble are public - only its results.

Most countries have some law enforcing the access of the tax-payers to the results of their tax. This can be avoided on national security reasons, but it has a reason. The law of the USA probably doesn't enforce to publish the results for the whole world, but it is practically impossible to narrow, for example, the availability of the Hubble photos to the USA citizens. It has also much better PR to openly publish it.

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Because they're scientists, and publishing your results is what scientists do. There's a reason why the final step of basically every research methodology used in academia is "publish your results" (and I'm only saying "basically every" because I'm not an expert on the field of research methodologies, so while it's possible that there's one obscure one out there that doesn't, it doesn't seem likely to me).

Also because they're legally obligated to do so by the rules of their government funding, as pointed out in Organic Marble's answer.

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Because they're scientists, and publishing your results is what scientists do. There's a reason why the final step of basically every research methodology used in academia is "publish your results" (and I'm only saying "basically every" because I'm not an expert on the field of research methodologies, so while it's possible that there's one obscure one out there that doesn't, it doesn't seem likely to me).

Also because they're legally obligated to do so by the rules of their government funding, as pointed out in Organic Marble's answer.

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Because they're scientists, and publishing your results is what scientists do. There's a reason why the final step of basically every research methodology used in academia is "publish your results" (and I'm only saying "basically every" because I'm not an expert on the field of research methodologies, so while it's possible that there's one obscure one out there that doesn't, it doesn't seem likely to me).

Also because they're legally obligated to do so by the rules of their government funding, as pointed out in Organic Marble's answer.

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