Hi Doug - I am amazed that you find that anything is that comment hateful. The intro is pretty much adapted from the standard business school lecture on business plans.

It really is true that the National Geographic used to have eexclusive print rights for some NASA imagery, and I would hope that you would check with the JPL PAO to insure that your way is clear before proceeding further with your project. My guess is that Michael Light did this before he started on his own project, but I don't know this with any certainty.

There are two reasons for doing this. Not only would its put your mind to rest as to clearances, if the JPL PAO knew of your project, they might prove to be very helpful to you. At least they could assure you of clearances.

I truly am baffled by what you found so hateful in the post, except that you found it in some way threatening to your project, which you hold quite dear. Having been blind-sided myself by unknown intellectual property concerns, that is certainly the way that I would go.