According to a comment from a collaborator of Musk, saying they dealt with larger public distrust before, clickbait headlines won't make a difference to Musk and his team. I'm sure they'll get through with this one.
Re:Space X CR6 First stage landing
by hydrogen18 on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @06:39PM
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One great thing about being a government contractor: Public opinion isn't something you need to worry about.
That said, impressive video. This shows how close they are truly getting.
Unfortunately, it doesn't stop clickbait headlines that imply that this was a setback (for a while, drudgereport was running a story with the headline akin to "SpaceX rocket fails to land on landing pad"). Maybe that is why the video was made private, out of fear of appearing like a failure.
Of course, now that the cat is out of the bag they are better off embracing the video.