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June 23, 2018 at 9:56 pm #1216450

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@limburger, @torros and @lordofuzkulak,
NASA is a completely civilian agency that reports directly to the President. Some individuals in the military are on detached duty to NASA.
Neal Armstrong had served in the military prior to joining NACA, which later became NASA, and was the first US civilian in space (Gemini 8) and of course the first man to step onto the Lunar surface.
Military personnel are still on loan and military units support NASA but it’s wholly civilian.
Also, NASA occasionally launches military satellites but most military satellites are launched by the Air Force. With the exception of military satellite launches, NASA is entirely unclassified and subject to open records requests. It also publishes all scientific and technological findings from all its missions. It’s an amazingly open organization for a government agency.