I was feeling really optimistic when the PBS ticker stopped.
Not any more. They tried the big junk shot -- pumping various sporting goods into blowout preventer -- but that failed.
The technician working on the project said Saturday pumping has again been halted and a review of the data so far is under way. “Right now, I would not be optimistic,” the technician, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly about the effort. But he added, that if another attempt at the junk shot were to succeed, “that would turn things around.”
They intend to keep trying "through Sunday" before they officially call it a failure.