Space journalists have been suspended for posting rockets on their websites, which is an important part of their job.
At least two accounts, the account for the Spaceflight Now blog and the account of Michael Baylor, a jack of all trades at the influential space news and livestreaming site NASASpaceFlight, have recently gotten the suspension hammer.
Chris Bergin, managing editor of NASASpaceFlight, and Stephen Clark, editor of Spaceflight Now, both pointed to the posting of SpaceX as the reason for the temporary suspension.
Clark said that his account had been locked for violating rules. I apologize to folks.
The video journalist explained that his account was suspended for posting a video of a neural network that he uses to track moving rockets. The video and Spaceflight Now's account were suspended for 24 hours, but have since been restored.
Musk responded to Bergin with a meme that poked fun at the social network's software. The joke appeared to reference photos of penises, which are still allowed on the site.
The astronomer from Harvard assumed there was no explanation or apology from the social networking site.
This is not the first time that reporters have been suspended by the company.
Reporters from the New York Times and the Washington Post were suspended by the site last month for being critical of Musk.
We're unlikely to get much clarity because we don't know why space journalists are being suspended.
Since transparency has been a core part of Musk's narrative, it's doubly ironic.
The head of NASA is relieved to hear that Musk isn't really running the company.
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