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[Video] SpaceX rocket explodes at Starbase during static fire testing (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 month ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could you possibly whitewash this any harder?

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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

[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

And our tax dollars.

[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What do you think whitewash means?

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 0 points 1 month 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.

[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

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