There is no spin. There is understanding of the scientific process and R&D milestones -- that is something that cannot be explained to you if you choose to focus on other things. What might be something that "you already know" has to undergo scientific scrutiny and subsequent conference presentation and publication. The data has to be evaluated carefully by experts in the field, and industry professionals, not by anonymous forum users. Business leaders look to engineers to make business decisions, and professional engineers are not going to make a scientific decision without evidence based data.

I dont see anything in that article that casts "increased doubt to the long term viability of plasma" as you suggest. I see the standard scientific discussion of limitations and alternative outcomes, which any project should include and discuss -for scientific and intellectual integrity. It is an important part of advancing R&D from research to commercialization.

Its unfortunate that a few bad apples clearly following their own agenda have shot any chance of meaningful discussion by turning any discussion into "you are a pumper cheerleader" because once upon a time someone posted optimistically about the company. Clearly some people are not interested in this technology, and clearly, some people are. Those that are, are adults who made the decision to get into this. The timeline may not be to your liking, but it was your free will to invest in R&D. What makes little to no sense is having the same group of people who claim they have no interest in this company... spending significant time digging up years old posts, earnings, videos, random things off the internet in order to convince shareholders how wrong they are on several platforms. Its weird as F. They get in the way of any civilized discussion. Of course everyone is frustrated at the pace of news, but some of us accept responsibility for our choices and either hold or sell. It makes no sense to get on and complain about everything 24/7.