5 ms·

Elon cares tremendously about bad press. He's specifically banned all reporters from filming launch or recovery attempts in case there are failures. You'll no

Elon cares tremendously about bad press. He's specifically banned all reporters from filming launch or recovery attempts in case there are failures. You'll notice that there are NO social media posts whenever there's a accident (of which there have been many). Zuck drawing attention to it must have really pissed Elon off.

toss1 9y ago
Um, except when Elon posts video compilations of their failures... (seems to me they're pretty open) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PWKdQzuU8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PWKdQzuU8
- jccooper 9y ago
  They do that in a carefully controlled way, well after the event is too cold for the news cycle. And even then, some events that are too dicey-looking are never seen. Mark, this is not a criticism. Given the way the media handles such things (i.e. sensationally and with minimal or just plain wrong context) it's really for the best.
  - Raphmedia 9y ago
    I don't understand why this is downvoted. This is exactly how a PR firm or department will handle those things.
  - marcell 9y ago
    I'm confused--aren't the launches broadcast live via webstream?
    - iggg 9y ago
      I'm sure they have a delay.
    - jccooper 9y ago
      Yes, but landings at sea tend to cause the video feed to go away, and it doesn't come back if anything goes wrong.
greglindahl 9y ago
What? The general public films all SpaceX launches and all landings on land, not to mention reporters.
larkeith 9y ago
Source? Anecdotally speaking, it seems that there's been about as much coverage for each failed launch as there has been for each successful one.
jpindar 9y ago
>NO social media posts whenever there's a accident Sometimes there are - in fact its a running joke that he calls them "rapid unscheduled disassemblies" (or something like that).