Republicans: We don't want SpaceX investigating its own rocket accidents

Re:Republicans: We don't want SpaceX investigating its own r... by mankash666 on Monday October 03, 2016 @02:48PM (#12630204)

Regardless of the senators' motivations, asking the government to not trust self-provided analyses by private companies on matters of national security and expensive publicly-funded science projects( like NASA's) seems reasonable.

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Re:Republicans: We don't want SpaceX investigating its own r... by Rooster61 on Monday October 03, 2016 @03:00PM (#12630297)

I would agree if the committee that SpaceX has put together didn't consist of members from all involved parties. Pretty much the only party not privy to the inside details of the investigation is ULA, which is exactly how it should be.

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Re:Republicans: We don't want SpaceX investigating its own r... by tdb7893 on Monday October 03, 2016 @05:39PM (#12631565)

Regulations are put in place to protect people and I don't think the American public needs protection from Space Ex's current review process. While there probably will need to be regulations on spaceflight, like there are on cars, but I don't know what a governmental review of the problems would add to what Space Ex is already doing.

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Re:Republicans: We don't want SpaceX investigating its own r... by greglindahl on Monday October 03, 2016 @09:56PM (#12632812)

The analysis is being conducted according to a law passed by Congress, and it's hardly "self-provided".

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Re:Republicans: We don't want SpaceX investigating its own r... by greglindahl on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @05:59PM (#12639881)

And here's an example of Congresspeople saying that the analysis is being done as intended: http://spacenews.com/house-members-express-support-for-space...

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