I found it useful. It enabled me to break through a genealogy “brick wall” by connecting with a 3rd cousin who had more info on a pair of my (our) great-great-grandparents.
I’m not too concerned about privacy. I shed DNA all over the place just by existing, so I’m not really expecting that information to be private going forward.
I’m very confident they don’t want someone who’s not NASA killing their very expensive instrument prematurely. They probably would feel better about a NASA astronaut accidentally killing the telescope
I wonder if Polaris II would ever become a joint mission with NASA? Perhaps with a pair of NASA astronauts and a pair of private ones?
Until a working prototype is built, I will be treating the field of warp drives (even sublight warp) with a healthy dose of skepticism. Glad people are working on it though.
Statement of FAA provided to @NASASpaceflight about SpaceX led investigation:
“If the FAA agrees no public safety issues were involved in the mishap, the operator may return to flight while the mishap investigation remains open, provided all other license requirements are met.”
NSF followed up with the question if this would mean that a positive outcome of this investigation would mean the launch license will be modified before the mishab is closed?
The FAA answered: “Yes, provided all other license requirements are met.”