Why does Slashdot keep linking to this writer? I had to actually go to the NASA web site to determine that the dish was at Goldstone. How hard is it to write a complete story?

Let's see, the guy builds a tool (Sardonix) to help with code review. Nobody wants to use it. Clearly this means that Open Source enthusiasts aren't willing to do code review. It couldn't be something simpler, like, say, the Sardonix model not working or the tool sucking. It's clearly the fault of the users.

Yeesh, that's the kind of game-winning strategy that'll keep bringing in those DARPA grants (again, I only know what I read in the article; it may well be that the Sardonix folks *did* assume that they needed to change their approach and the author of this piece is just blowing smoke).

In the executive summary (sorry, I haven't finished all 400 pages yet), they suggest that, "Medical sensitive data should always be protected to preserve the privacy of the the victims and their families." WTF?

It seems to me that we spend billions of dollars to train and deploy the astronauts as human guinea pigs to help understand space and spaceflight. A huge pool of applicants are winnowed down to a tiny, privileged astronaut cadre. These folks have every chance to opt out -- any and all data about what happened to them and why and how should be available.

I'm not talkin' about naked astronaut pictures, but it seems like just about everything short of that should be available. Anybody who isn't comfortable with that sort of disclosure can just stay on the ground.