Keith’s note: I was just on Bloomberg TV for live coverage of the SpaceX Starship 7 flight. [Audio] They recovered the first stage perfectly but they lost comms near the end of the Starship burn. This was an upgraded version of Starship. So they’ll just try again to get it right.

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 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 am on hiatus for a week or three in the woods here and there. Even If I post something once in a while, I am still on hiatus. So …

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