NAR *IS* investigating. But it's a complex thing since the NAR has no legal jurisdictional authority as opposed to the police or say DOT, NTSB, or FAA in say an aircraft accident. Just because it was not an NAR launch does not mean the NAR is not concerned and not trying to find out what happened.
NAR DOES want people to learn from this. That should be obvious.
But, there was so much S-P-E-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N and jumping to conclusions WITHOUT FACTS, that the original thread had run off the rails, as well as some idiots who posted JOKES about the tragedy or thought it was "funny".
How can you LEARN from all of the details of what led to an accident, WITHOUT actually having compiled all the details about an accident? We STILL do not know all details, especially what kind of procedures were used regarding safety, who was in charge overall, and so forth (and as I warned, the person who may have been most involved with allowing it to fly may have been Mr. Bentley. Yes, speculation, doing so to err on the side of human decency right now given the odds that may be true and such info should come out eventually. So, that is why I caution against ranting about whoever let it fly).
It's going to take more time. Geez, most NTSB airplane crash investigations take months or over a year to determine the facts.
And some things about the launch, the NAR may have a hard time learning, if the people involved with running it choose not to say so. As again the NAR has no legal standing in this situation that I can think of (unlike say the BSA, in addition to law enforcement and relative regulatory agencies of course). Keep in mind that the people involved are also grieving, if the NAR got into people's faces demanding answers right now, because some people on rocket forums demand answers IMMEDIATELY, that would be the worst way to try to get them to cooperate with providing information.
- George Gassaway