# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Discussions

• NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) was restored but with approximately 85% of full-text reports removed, representing over 250,000 documents no longer available to the public, with only 7% of the historical NACA collection remaining accessible.

• A potential partial mirror of NTRS content was identified at the Aerospace Research Information Center in South Korea (aric.or.kr), though the completeness of this mirror remained uncertain.

• The channel discussed Phil Zimmerman's innovative strategy for defeating export controls on PGP encryption by developing code outside the US, printing it in books (protected as free speech), importing the books, and scanning the code back in.

• A PNAS research paper on how political ideology affects energy-efficiency attitudes revealed that environmental labeling only affected purchasing decisions when CFLs were priced significantly higher than alternatives, contradicting simplified media narratives.

• Participants highlighted how science paywalls significantly degrade journalism quality, noting that even when major outlets like National Geographic properly linked to abstracts, most blogosphere coverage failed to provide access to original research.

• The International Space Station reported a cooling system ammonia leak, prompting discussion about the constant dangers of space debris and micrometeorites to orbital structures.

• The channel demonstrated its commitment to open science by sharing resources on bypassing research paywalls and using their "paperbot" system to archive scientific papers for community access.