Keith’s note: Yesterday President Trump tossed out his quasi-official proof of alien life – and visitations – directive on social media. NASA has not said anything about this. Oddly, they certainly had quite a lot to say about the exact same topic a few years ago in a formal report. As such I’m waiting for the formal Executive Order – maybe that will pry something out of NASA PAO. Meanwhile I did a lot of global TV today. (more below)

Keith’s note: Last night I spoke with Al Jazeera English about a recent piece of space debris that landed in Kenya and the broader issue of space debris. [audio]

Keith’s note: I just spoke with Al Jazeera Arabic about the recently released image of the Ring Nebula taken by the Webb Space Telescope. [Audio]

Keith’s note: Just sent this note to some folks at NASA: “I was just on Al Jazeera Arabic to talk about NASA GSFC’s Prabal Saxena comments about life on the Moon and “pollution” caused by Apollo astronauts – and how the media ran with it with their crazy headlines. I hope I set both stories straight. I am baffled, of course, as to why NASA never seems to want to talk to this vast underserved audience of hundreds of millions of people. I am told that I get called because I speak plain english (their interpreters love me – I used to be an interpreter in another language) while you people babble in acronyms and carefully guarded bland sound bites. Not expecting a reply. Have a nice day.” Audio

Keith’s note: Last night I was on BBC 5 Live talking about the NASA UAP meeting (audio). This evening I was on Al Jazeera Arabic talking about the meeting and what it did – and did not say – about life in the universe, whether we have been visited, and why people are so interested in this topic. I also used my little green alien 👽 as a prop which was in keeping with the graphics on their intro piece. (audio)

Keith’s note: On 8 April 2023 I appeared on Al Jazeera Arabic TV to talk about a giant black hole that is traveling through the universe and creating stars in its wake (story). Yet another TV show with an Arabic translator wherein I have to distill down a science story into words a general audience can get – via an Interpreter. Strangely You do not see NASA personnel on these networks with huge global audiences – especially when there is one Arabic speaking astronaut on the ISS and another heading up soon. You’d think that NASA PAO, SMD, HEOMD, or OIIR would want to get some soft power synergies going. Guess again. Audio.

Keith’s note: I was just on Al Jazeera Arabic talking about the various countries and companies that are headed to the Moon. Sometimes there is competition. More often there is collaboration. You’ll hear me drop little doses of soft power here and there. Audio

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