[unfasten]

NASA is also configured this way. It drives me nuts because half the time when I want to visit NASA's site I type `nasa.gov` and get nothing until I remember they need the `www.`. It might just be common to how some government sites are configured.

Clickable links:

http://nasa.gov/

http://www.nasa.gov/

[mcpoulet]

Here is a NASA article about why they don't have the redirection : http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/nasadotgov/posts/post_13068608...