On the other hand, they did eventually post video of their two most spectacular crashes: The first Falcon 1 launch where the rocket spiraled out of control, and the third Falcon 1 launch where the first stage crashed into the second stage, making the second-stage engine ignite inside the first stage fairing.
You would not see a private spaceflight company set against transparency do this. Especially the latter example, seeing as it could be interpreted as a stupid mistake.
They did cut the feed. The actual video feed kept going until range control fired the FTS to destroy the SRB's that kept flying along after the shuttle was blown apart. You didn't get to see that back in the 80's. That footage had only recently been released.
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They cut the live feed when an issue came up on one of their dragon capsule launches.
There is a little bit of hyperbole involved when you have an issue with them cutting the live feed on one of their missions and then claiming:
"SpaceX seem to cover up any hiccups or issues they have and always present this saccharine sweet 'flawless' report of their missions. "
You may want to dial it back a few notches - trust me, I tend to reach for the hyperbole a little too quickly myself.
(Note - I read subscribe to Elon Musk's twitter feed, and he's a lot more balanced on SpaceX than he is on Tesla)
yeah, noted :)
On the other hand, they did eventually post video of their two most spectacular crashes: The first Falcon 1 launch where the rocket spiraled out of control, and the third Falcon 1 launch where the first stage crashed into the second stage, making the second-stage engine ignite inside the first stage fairing.
You would not see a private spaceflight company set against transparency do this. Especially the latter example, seeing as it could be interpreted as a stupid mistake.
You don't think NASA wouldn't have cut the feed on the Challenger disaster if they could have?
They did cut the feed. The actual video feed kept going until range control fired the FTS to destroy the SRB's that kept flying along after the shuttle was blown apart. You didn't get to see that back in the 80's. That footage had only recently been released.
Perhaps, but there were people on Challenger. Not that it would look any different on cameras...