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Originally Posted by terpkristin
Actually, most contractors are publicly traded companies and have to make announcements that impact business (which failures do).
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I'm not going to argue that SpaceX, as a private company, has a greater ability to keep things quiet than a public company, and I certainly agree with you that a lack of transparency inherent with private companies on defense contracts is a problem.
But don't kid yourself that public companies are all that forthcoming themselves. There are plenty of ways to bury / obfuscate / defer reporting / etc... in the documentation that public companies are required to complete.