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[A more social person would say "I completely understand" or "mine is, too". Not Owen.]
It's somewhat too early to say much about the intentions of the people responding. Much of what they're saying is, in either case, second-hand retellings. [He's kind of side-eyeing Richie and his readiness to take the Engineers at face value, though.]
As for our chances of returning home, so far this only seems to have raised more questions, and thus more conjecture. As you said, the way the information has been presented suggests a cover-up, but we're still in the dark about what exactly is being kept from us, if that is the case.