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Point taken. It does seem to be confirmed that the booster was sunk deliberately. But I'm standing by my point, which is that this was done was because of the threat to navigation that the booster posed, not some nebulous concerns about possible espionage. 1) This was an unanticipated event. It's unlikely the Chinese have a salvage ship hanging around US coast just in case they got the chance to steal a SpaceX booster.2) Recovery of arbitrarily shaped objects floating at sea is a dangerous task. The fact that SpaceX didn't manage to get that stage under tow as they planned is probably a sign that conditions were not favorable for grabbing it.3) A low-lying floating object with pressurized tanks and explosives on board is a clear hazard to navigation and would need to be removed, regardless of whether you think the Chinese are going to snatch it up.
Point taken.
It does seem to be confirmed that the booster was sunk deliberately. But I'm standing by my point, which is that this was done was because of the threat to navigation that the booster posed, not some nebulous concerns about possible espionage.
1) This was an unanticipated event. It's unlikely the Chinese have a salvage ship hanging around US coast just in case they got the chance to steal a SpaceX booster.
2) Recovery of arbitrarily shaped objects floating at sea is a dangerous task. The fact that SpaceX didn't manage to get that stage under tow as they planned is probably a sign that conditions were not favorable for grabbing it.
3) A low-lying floating object with pressurized tanks and explosives on board is a clear hazard to navigation and would need to be removed, regardless of whether you think the Chinese are going to snatch it up.
