A lone voice cries out from reply-all chaos: 'Someone tell DOGE to rehire whoever maintains this email list'

EXCLUSIVE Everybody loves a good email storm. But an insecure email distribution list accidental spamming space agencies across the planet is undoubtedly one for the record books.

Someone tell DOGE to rehire whoever maintains this email list

NASA's Materials And Processes Technical Information System (MAPTIS) is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to put a payload into space. For many agencies, checking the materials being used against the contents of MAPTIS is part of the qualification procedure.

MAPTIS is used by space agencies worldwide. Its users also include academia and commercial space providers.

Say you wanted to know how the materials selected would behave in space. The data is probably going to be in MAPTIS. Physical and structural properties? MAPTIS again. How to configure an email distribution list? Ah, now that isn't something MAPTIS knows about, as evidenced by a recent unfortunate event.

As Reg readers know, an ...