That’s why I think Orwell was wrong. You don’t need a big government agency to rewrite history. People will do it just fine on their own.

40s federal government was stuck in the 40s, and Webb did not actively rebel against them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Webb#Controversy_about_telescope_name

who are still alive irl

You think the already deceased are safe? Don’t you remember the controversy when they named the space telescope after James Webb?

That scene is from 2017. Back then he was still revered as “the real life Iron Man”.