Enter FBI
We should stop this calamity and appreciate that SpaceX engineers and technicians endured in the fall of 2016. They were simultaneously trying to tease physics for a complex complex failure. Prove NASA, their exploding rocket was safe. Be convinced that although they had just fueled their rockets, although they had just rapidly fuel their rocket, the burden and burden for astronauts was possible. Increase the Falcon 9 missions’ cedins to catch the ULA and get beyond. And, yes, gently explain to the boss that a sniper has not shot his rocket.
So, when on October 13, Hughes received the letter from Dr. Michael C. Romanovsky, director of Commercial Space integration in FAA.
According to this letter (See a copy here), Three weeks after the launchpad blast, SpaceX presented “video and audio” along with its FAA failure analysis. “SpaceX suggests that the company thinks, this information and data may indicate the destruction or criminal activity associated with the Falcon 9 pad blast of Falcon 9 of the Falcon 9.”
It is noteworthy because it shows that Kasturi instructed SpaceX to bring the “sniper” theory to the point that the FAA should take it seriously. But there was more. According to the letter, Space X reported the same data and analysis to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Florida.
Subsequently, the FBI’s Tampa Field Office and its criminal investigative division in Washington, DC discussed the matter. And what did they get? Nothing, apparently.
“The FBI has informed us that based on a complete and integrated review of the appropriate federal criminal and security investigating authorities, there was no indication that sabotage or any other criminal activity played its role in the Falcon 9 blast on September 1,” “As a result, the FAA considers the matter closed.”
AMOS-6 mission failure will prove to be a low point for Space X. For a few weeks, there were extraordinary questions about the company’s financial stability. But soon, Space X will fall back. In 2017, Falcon 9 rocket launched a record 18 times, which for the first time overturned Ula. The gap will only be wide. Last year, SpaceX launched 137 rockets in five of Al -Ala.
With AMOS-6, therefore, Space X was defeated. But it will eventually win the war, without shooting anyone.