Keith’s note: I just spoke with Bloomberg Radio/Television about NASA layoffs, the future of the agency, and Jared Isaacman. [Audio]

Keith’s note: I just had a strange exchange with another space-related media outlet. A rather nice, talented person. I am supposed to be retired. Indeed I was going to turn NASAWatch off this Spring since I am simply tired of doing this thankless task after 30 years. Then the current RIF disaster at NASA unfolded and – well – deja vu allover again – I guess there is still a need. I run this thing 100% out of my own pocket on a fixed income. Again, I am RETIRED. Yet this other publication wanted me to dig up and share sources with them so they can write stories (and make money). I will keep doing this as long as I get thank-you comments from y’all. But I’d much rather be climbing in the mountains with long-suffering Mrs. NASAWatch and writing my apolitical Astrobiology book. I am simply trying to help. Help me do that – but please don’t try and take undue advantage of that interest. FWIW this is increasingly where my mind is at – and I go there in my mind every day now to escape the gathering storm: “My Star Trek Episode at Everest ” – from 2009. Ad Astra y’all.

Keith’s note: like everyone else I stayed up to watch the New Glenn launch and did some TV talking head time too. Here’s the audio from Deutsche Welle prior to the launch scrub. I was going to be on BBC World too for post-launch coverage but then the delays changed that. Weather is going to be pacing the next launch attempt apparently. Stay tuned. [Audio]

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 Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio about the future of NASA, the Moon, China, Elon Musk, and Jared Isaacman, etc. [audio].

Keith’s note: I was just on CNN talking about the new Artemis program delays, SpaceX, and the stark contrast between NASA programs which cost too much and are constantly delayed – and private sector efforts such as SpaceX and Blue Origin where they make rocket science seem easy and see all of this rocketry as an enabling consumer product. And yes, that is an Enterprise NX-01 crew cap in the background, Mike Gold. [Audio]

Keith’s note: I appeared on CGTN tonight to talk about the launch of Shenzhou-19 and what the crews will be doing on China’s Tiangong space station. [Audio]

Keith’s note: I was just on Alhurra TV (a VOA Arabic language network) talk about space weather and the solar maximum period that has been reached by our sun. More info from NASA. Also, there is an Internet rumor that keeps popping up that says that NASA issued a scary warning that all the Internet could go out. Well, that popped up in March and Snopes et al knocked it down. But it has come back. So I did my best to place things back into context. Just remember: I am being translated into and out of Arabic in real time so, as a former interpreter myself (ASL), I adopt a way of talking that makes it easier for the translator to convert technical terms and concepts into things that a larger audience – globally – can better understand. [Audio]

Keith’s note: I was just on the Scripps News “Morning Rush” program talking about Earth’s new (temporary) Mini-moon 2024 PT5. Someone needs to give it a name. [Audio]

Keith’s note: I was on BBC World News [Audio], Deutsche Welle [Audio], and CGTN [Audio] talking about the Polaris Dawn EVA. During my BBC and DW interviews I compared and contrasted spacewalks in the 1960s and today as well as NASA spacesuits and new commercial space suits. I used one of those spongy astronaut things NASA gives away at meetings but I added a USB-C cable to demonstrate the tether used by the Polaris crew. If you are of a certain age and watched Gemini astronauts doing EVAs live on TV, then you may recognize the orange-visored helmet that my little astronaut is wearing. Update: After the return of Polaris Dawn I spoke with Deutsche Welle Sunday morning [Audio] and then again in the evening [Audio]. I also spoke with Alhurra [Audio] (videos below)