I think you're getting downvoted for the perceived negative tone, which I'm not sure if you intended. It's true, but I don't see anything wrong or sinister abou

I think you're getting downvoted for the perceived negative tone, which I'm not sure if you intended. It's true, but I don't see anything wrong or sinister about it. If I was in charge of SpaceX, I would have done the same thing. Even without the video, several news sources jumped into calling the mission a failure, even though the actual mission of resupplying the ISS went perfectly, and the landing was a long-shot experiment. Those calls would only be louder with a flashy explosion video with no backing explanation on hand, ready to go out with the news of the landing failure. By the time more info was available, the story would be gone, and the explanation would be ignored. This would damage SpaceX's brand, ability to get Government missions and private contracts, etc. It's also entirely plausible that they didn't bother to install a high-speed data link from the barge to the mainland for the purpose of getting the video instantly. It would probably be an expensive and finicky way for them to instantly distribute video that would more likely than not be damaging to their brand.