This was a completely new failure mode for ASDS landings. Often we see blue sky, then the video feed freezes (“satellite antenna gets shaken too much” is the o

This was a completely new failure mode for ASDS landings. Often we see blue sky, then the video feed freezes (“satellite antenna gets shaken too much” is the official reason) then the feed resumes with a booster nonchalantly appearing through the smoke. Or we get a cut, then nothing, then a reveal days or years later about what really happened. Booster missed barge, tried to compensate by tilting st extreme angle, collides with barge. Booster lands, but has too much rotstional momentum, crushes landing leg, tips over a explodes. Booster lands, landing leg fails to lock, booster tips over and explodes. Booster almost lands, runs out of fuel a few metres above the deck, collapses the landing gear and explodes. Looking through the smoke this time, anyone watching that feed for the first time would have been waiting for either a standing booster or a pile of debris. But we saw neither. They would then have been advised to cut the commentary and speculation to return to the rest of the mission. So yes, they were “lying” in that they wanted to talk about what they saw (or didn’t see) but kept talking about the rest of the mission in progress. I can understand that you want to feel outrage, but in this instance I don’t think there’s any justification at all.