Spread the love [City, State] – [Date] – The Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft, carrying vital supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station (ISS), has encountered an issue during its journey to orbit. While the exact nature of the problem remains undisclosed, the incident has triggered a series of precautionary measures. According to NASA officials, the Cygnus spacecraft, named “S.S. Michael Freilich” in honor of the late NASA Earth Science Division director, launched successfully from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on [Date]. The issue arose sometime after launch, prompting the mission control team to initiate a thorough investigation. “We are […]
What the hell is this nonsense? The article is so generically written like someone prompted an AI to write a template article to speculate.
An AI wouldn’t make mistakes like this. This sort of screwup requires a human touch.
It was just the first article on the topic I found that seemed somewhat coherent. But yeah, quality journalism is really hard to come by these days.
I think you might be right. Another article by the same author seems like it could be entirely made up, only citing Wikipedia for things like the definition of the word ‘confidence’. I don’t know what would prompt it to leave these ‘fill in the blank’ sections though.