Cardman wrote:
On 2 Apr 2006 14:42:36 -0700, "Ed Kyle" wrote:
While it may be true that SpaceX is a private venture,
it was working for U.S. taxpayer money, on a range paid for
by taxpayers, when it launched its first rocket. The taxpayers
deserve to know what they are getting for their money.

A damaged satellite.

Well this governmental agency will no doubt have full information,
including complete video coverage, where all the answers to what they
paid for will be at hand. You are not their involved customer.

I just sent an uncomfortably large check to the IRS to help
fund their "customer" (DARPA via the Dept. of Defense).
As far as I am concerned, I *am* their customer and they
have no right whatsoever to misinform me about how they
spent my money. If my money was used to create a
smoking hole in the ground, I want to see the ground, the
hole, and the smoke. If they insist on hiding the truth from
me, then I will insist that my Congressperson ask to stop
sending them my money.

- Ed Kyle