Have they though? Clearly mistakes have been made, but I don't recall much of anything being owned up to.
Most of us are just wondering "WTF is actually going on?" Eight years is double what most people last on average in their jobs. It is the average length of a marriage. It is about the same amount of time people spend in jail for manslaughter. 8 years is a really fucking long time man and a shit ton of life can be accomplished in 8 years. MASSIVE projects in all walks of life go from idea, to planning, buildout, to operation in half that time. Hoover Dam, 5 years. Tallest building on earth, 6 years. Everquest, 2 years. WoW, 4 years.
So, what has gone wrong? Why hasn't this project been shuttered, when it's pretty clear they are just taking people's money and not doing anything of substance with it? If we could get some transparency on that, maybe people would ease up a bit on the dog piling on.