[ WP ] It is revealed that NASA has been deliberately holding back advances in space travel for the past 50 years . Why ?

“ It—it wasn ’ t our fault. You have to believe me! ” 
 
 “ Mr. Andrews, please answer the question. ” 
 
 “ I ’ m—I ’ m trying to. I don ’ t…. I don ’ t remember. ” 
 
 “ Will the clerk please reread the question? ” 
 
 “ No, it ’ s not that, I don ’ t need— “ 
 
 “ ‘ Why did no one at the agency reveal the true extent of your discoveries at the time they were discovered? ’ ” 
 
 “ I don ’ t—'' 
 
 “ What was that? ” 
 
 “ I should n't say. I ’ m sorry. ” 
 
 “ Mr. Andrews, it doesn ’ t appear to me that you ’ re taking this nearly seriously enough. This courtroom has a right to know. The American *people* have a right to know. The people who put their trust, and their hopes, in your organization, Mr. Andrews. In *you*. And instead of rewarding those hopes, you lied to them. ” 
 
 “ That ’ s not true! I didn ’ t lie to anyone! ” 
 
 “ Then why, Mr. Andrews, did we have to wait for these hackers—true criminals, I might add—to tell us about the Io and Europa probes, the Venus investigation, the second and third asteroid colonies—need I go on? ” 
 
 “ I ’ m sorry—I didn ’ t *know*! ” 
 
 “ Excuse me? ” 
 
 “ I said I— ” 
 
 “ No, I heard you, Mr. Andrews, I just didn ’ t believe my ears. Did you just say that as the head of NASA, you had no idea about the greatest, most important, and might I say, the most *expensive* projects your organization was undertaking? Projects that must have taken years of preparation and planning, hard work, budgets to sign off on, contractors to work with… ” 
 
 “ I swear, I didn ’ t have anything to do with those. ” 
 
 “ What about your signature on these papers, Mr. Andrews? Can the clerk put up a projection—yes, there. ” 
 
 “ I don ’ t—I don ’ t remember signing those. ” 
 
 “ You seem to be having a lot of memory problems lately, Mr. Andrews. How convenient. ” 
 
 “ I ’ m sorry—maybe… maybe I did sign them. I don ’ t know. Please, it wasn ’ t my fault. ” 
 
 “ What wasn ’ t your fault, Mr. Andrews? ” 
 
 “ … ” 
 
 “ Mr. Andrews. We ’ re waiting. ” 
 
 “ …Please. I ’ m sorry. I ’ m so sorry. I can ’ t be here. I have to go. ” 
 
 “ Mr. Andrews, this proceeding will go on as long as it has to. You ’ re not going anywhere until you answer the question. ” 
 
 “ I can ’ t. ” 
 
 “ Why not? ” 
 
 “ Because… ” 
 
 “ Because why, Mr Andrews? ” 
 
 “ Because—they ’ re listening! Oh god, please, they ’ re listening! You have to believe me, you have to get out of here—I don ’ t think I can—we didn ’ t know! ” 
 
 “ Mr. Andrews! Mr. Andrews? Get a doctor in here! Mr. Andrews! [ shouting ] No, what ’ s that, I can ’ t hear you! Can you speak up, Mr. Andrews? ” 
 
 “ We didn ’ t know. We didn ’ t know they were there. You have to believe me… ” 
 
 “ Mr. Andrews? ” 
 
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