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I read it as "admits on behalf of the space industry community", not that he/she was personally lying before.
by okasaki 2y ago
I read it as "admits on behalf of the space industry community", not that he/she was personally lying before.
- curiousObject 2y agoThis would be similar to describing any of your comments as “on behalf of the Hacker News community”. You probably would object to that description and it certainly wouldn’t be true.
- okasaki 2y agoIt's not particularly similar. I've never been employed by the Hacker News community and haven't received any formal Hacker News training or education, other than dang telling me to stop shitposting.
- bell-cot 2y agoNote that The Atlantic, which is our root source of info on the retired astronaut, does not say that anyone has "admitted" to anything. Here's The Atlantic's one use of "admit", very clearly speculative: > Maybe officials worry that admitting outright that a return journey is currently too risky would fuel more sensationalist coverage. Or perhaps NASA leaders want to protect Boeing.