(0:00) Pre-Show

(1:03) Open

(2:01) Metric System Day

(3:48) cj's week: Yosemite!

(6:06) Jeff's Week: Injury!

(7:02) Headline: Artemis II Smashes Apollo 13’s Distance Record

(18:10) Headline: The Fight for Rural Broadband: Starlink’s Refusal to Follow Federal Rules

(23:57) Headline: How U.S. Bans Handed China’s Chipmakers a Monopoly

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Humanity is back in the lunar neighborhood! We cover the Artemis II flyby of the dark side of the moon, where communications go dark and the views get historic. We talk about Commander Reid Wiseman’s emotional call home and why the moon currently looks like a Spalding basketball held at arm's length. It’s a beautiful, poetic moment for our species - right up until the waste management system started smoking.

We get into the "nitty-gritty" (literally) of the Orion’s plumbing issues. From "ice" blocked pipes to the return of the Apollo-era adhesive waste bags, we explain why space travel is 10% science and 90% figuring out what to do with your own business. It’s a messy job, but someone has to do it while traveling thousands of miles per hour.

To wrap things up, we discuss the $700 million game of chicken between Congress and Starlink. SpaceX wants the cash upfront, but the Feds want the rules followed. Plus, we analyze the unintended consequences of U.S. tech restrictions: China is now building an AI chip empire out of pure spite and necessity.

Grab your headphones; it’s a long way down.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts break Apollo’s distance record | Scientific American

Live updates: Artemis II astronauts break records in historic moon flyby | CNN

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Dems: Feds Should Rescind $700M for Starlink if SpaceX Won't Play by the Rules | PCMag

Chinese chip firms hit record high revenue driven by the AI boom and U.S. curbs

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