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Old January 22nd 20, 01:57 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Dean Markley
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Default SpaceX Dragon 2 In Flight Abort Test

On Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 1:30:51 PM UTC-5, JF Mezei wrote:
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.


I think that illustrates the difference between NASA and the private space ventures. The latter will not freely share information that might benefit numerous competitors. Think "Capitalists in Space!".