Misconceptions

A) The moon does spin
1. I believed the moon orbited the earth, keeping only one side facing earth. I did not consider that is must rotate itself in order to do this.
2 The moon orbits the earth and must rotate, otherwise we would see all sides of it.

B) Withholding Hubble Space Telescope Data
1. At first I did not think data should be with held, I believe that is could be withheld for a little while, for the scientists who initiated the collecting of the data to examine it, but not for too long.
2. It can take a long time to actually process the data.  The scientists who started the experiment should be able to process it for a bit (only up to a year) before revealing it to the public.

C) What causes seasons?
1. I thought the changing of seasons was due to the earth rotating around the sun and different sides being closer to it during different seasons.
2. I was not factoring the change in the axis of the earth,  which is the true cause of the seasons, not distance.