Gwynne Shotwell Is Steadying Force at SpaceX
How to usefully say this briefly?  The article has some interesting context.  The byline is Andy Pasztor, who is known for anti-SpaceX low-quality journalism.  This article was relatively tame for him.  There&#x27;s been a long-term press campaign against SpaceX.  Apparently coming from old-aerospace.  Its narratives have been... unconstrained by reality.  And seemingly overlap with parts of the article.  Long-term, the press campaign seems to be ramping up.  Modulo intense tactical campaigns like Northrop&#x27;s around loss of Zuma, which lasted only a few days. The many-$B &quot;Senate&quot;LaunchSystem appears in increasing trouble, both internally, and threatened by SpaceX&#x27;s BFR.  So odds are we&#x27;ll enjoy a lot more of these.<p>&gt; In August, reporters asked Ms. Shotwell how confident she was about the latest timetable. Such difficult predictions “can make a liar out of the best of us,” she said, adding: “I hope I am not proven to be a liar.”<p>This last paragraph... ick.   Not worrying about the mischaracterization of delay, that&#x27;s just Pasztor.  But the association of Shotwell and &quot;liar&quot;...  Shotwell is known for her honesty.   Boeing leadership... very not so much.  I do hope this isn&#x27;t a new meme - that would be remarkably slimy.<p>Meta: There&#x27;s the idea that knowing some topic, and seeing the press repeatedly get it wrong, causes one to doubt their reporting of everything else.  Watching press coverage of SpaceX has introduced me to an unhappy variant.  Knowing some political background for a topic, and finding it essential to even &quot;read&quot; press articles, leaves me wondering if I&#x27;ve been unknowingly failing to adequately &quot;read&quot; press coverage of everything else. :&#x2F;