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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I don't think that means what you think it means.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What do you think whitewash means?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Covering up the truth by means of displaying fake information, like saying it doesn't apply here because there was no data involved and the source was not a political entity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Thanks for the vocabulary suggestion and modified definition, but my usage of the term was just fine.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Agreed. "Spin" would be the better word.

It's another embarrassment added to a long list of embarrassments at this point. SpaceX has utterly failed to deliver on its contracts and at some point people need to recognize that the private sector does not always do it better. Especially when the company is run by a conman.

[–] TacoButtPlug 1 points 21 hours ago

And our tax dollars.