Keith’s note: it looks like the iSpace HAKUTO-R lunar lander crashed on the Moon. telemetry was lost when it was going 180 km/hr a minute or so before planned touchdown. I was on Deutsche Welle TV shortly thereafter to talk about this [Audio] (video below) . Meanwhile President Trump and Elon Musk are having a heated back-and-forth on social media. At one point Trump suggested cutting Musk’s contracts. I was on Bloomberg TV to talk through that. When asked for an initial impression I did the classic shocked face expression that the kid actor did on the movie “Home Alone”. [Audio] (video below)
I figured they’d make it to July before they turned on each other. We’re a few weeks ahead of schedule.