JF Mezei wrote:

On 2016-09-12 17:38, Fred J. McCall wrote:

As to the board (of approximately 20 people) involved in the
investigation, there is ONE NASA seat, ONE USAF seat, and virtually
all the voting seats are SpaceX people. So they're 'in the loop' but
have no say.

But that board is required by FAA and reports to FAA?


No. The investigation is required. It issues a report. FAA has
nothing to do with the decision.


If USAF and NASA have a seat, they may also have ability to have
dissenting opinions. So they may not "have no say".


They can dissent all they want. They don't have a VOTE on the
outcome, so they have no say and their 'dissents' don't have to be
reported out.


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