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Subject: Re: Voyager at Uranus
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Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 13:08:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 25 13:08:19 1985
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>> Does anybody know if the Planetary Society is going to let members get
>> anywhere near JPL during the Voyager Uranus encounter?

> I doubt it.  When the Viking missions landed in '76, they sent home most
> of the JPL employees (!) for half a day.

What was the reason for sending home "most of the JPL employees"?

Statements like the above make me wonder what the
Planetary Society/JPL/US Govt. etc would do if a confirmed encounter
with intelligent non-earth life were made?  Would there be full disclosure,
or would there be a coverup to avoid a possible panic?