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I think they’re trying to maintain focus on the engineering rather than the politics surrounding Musk at the moment.

The news is about SpaceX sharing the launch date for the 6th Starship test flight. Musk is not even mentioned in the announcement.

Yet people cannot help themselves.

Musk owns, runs, and is the public face of SpaceX, he is automatically germane to any discussion of it.

It is traditional to summon an Elon Musk Flamewar by implying even vaguely that he is successful. Elon Musk’s support for a candidate may have been pivotal in that candidate’s win today. This sort of thing is like bathing in gasoline next to a forest fire.

He choose not to mention the top 20 Diablo IV player.