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Old January 23rd 20, 12:37 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Jeff Findley[_6_]
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Default SpaceX Dragon 2 In Flight Abort Test

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On 2020-01-21 07:28, Jeff Findley wrote:

Could be. I'm sure SpaceX and NASA will take a close look at when and
how it came apart. This is a unique opportunity to validate that the
"computer models" are correct.



During press conference, Musk was asked about studying how Falcom9
behaved and he seemed quite dismissed with "we knew it woudl bloc it, it
blew up, we won't bother with recovering pieces". He also said in
another question that telemetry stiopped when it blew up". (terse answer).

The answer could have been "for the X seconds between engine shutdown
and loss of telemetry, we got exciting data and we are bound to look at
the Falcon9 performance" type of answer. Instead of was quite dismissive.


The engineers will, no doubt, look closely at that data.

Musk is dismissive because he's always forward looking and is clearly
looking forward to actually flying crew on Dragon 2. IMHO, that will be
a milestone event for the company, for NASA, and the country.

That and maybe he's just annoyed with the press questions, like the will
you (literally) dance for us question.

Jeff
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