Anonymous ID: 89a02d Jan. 11, 2018, 10:24 p.m. No.27385   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7412

>>27159

 

Although all major news agencies are reporting it lost. When you ask the Pentagon they say ask SpaceX. When you ask SpaceX they say ask the Pentagon.

 

On Thursday, a day after the Pentagon said the news media should ask SpaceX about mission success, the company's president and chief operating officer, Gwynne Shotwell, appeared at a meeting of scientists and engineers in Houston called The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas. Dutifully asked about Zuma, Shotwell replied, "You know I can’t talk about that. It’s not my story to tell."

 

FURTHER READING

The Zuma satellite appears lost—here’s what we know so far

After Ars initially reported the probable loss of the Zuma payload on Monday afternoon, other publications have reported similar news. However there has been no on-the-record confirmation of success or loss from SpaceX, the US government (which paid for Zuma), or Northrop Grumman, which built the satellite, spacecraft, or whatever Zuma was.

 

Sources familiar with discussions behind closed doors have told Ars there are two primary working theories about what may have gone wrong with Zuma and caused it to burn up in Earth's atmosphere. One idea, in contradiction to SpaceX's official statements, is that the rocket's upper stage underperformed and caused the problem. However, at this time, it seems more likely that the mechanism built by Northrop Grumman to release the satellite failed to operate properly.

 

If the Pentagon is not going to provide an answer to the question of Zuma's fate, then it may be some time before there's clarity on this issue. Eventually, information should leak out from classified briefings on Capitol Hill. Even so, this is unlikely to be "official" confirmation. Such a vacuum of information offers fertile ground for rumors and speculation.

 

Already, rumors abound that Zuma was a satellite intended to monitor or intercept nuclear activities by North Korea and that the story about its failure is a matter of subterfuge. For the record, Ars would not knowingly report a falsehood, and we continue to have reliable sourcing that indicates the Zuma payload did, indeed, fail to reach orbit.

 

arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/pentagon-ask-spacex-about-zuma-spacex-thats-not-our-story-to-tell/

Anonymous ID: 89a02d Jan. 11, 2018, 11:13 p.m. No.27600   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7611

>>27576

This is a great one, but we need to make sure they are not quite so long. The twitter feeds cut off the bottom of the message. Maybe make the text slightly smaller, or a different font.

 

This is what we mean when we say not to make the memes too long.

 

This is how it shows up on twitter.