A day out in Indore

https://thoughts.jatan.space/p/a-day-out-in-indore

Angola, Artemis Accords, and the Outer Space Treaty

https://notes.jatan.space/2023/12/05/angola-artemis-accords.html

Moon Monday #156: On NASA getting access to China’s lunar samples, Artemis updates, and more

https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-156

Moon Monday #155: Prepping for PRIME-1 time, a Canadian capcom, a FLEXible rover, and more

https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-155

Moon Monday #154: ispace Japan progresses toward another lunar landing with RESILIENCE, as must Starship in NASA’s road to Luna

https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-154

Indian Space Progress #10: ISRO aces safety test for human spaceflight while school students to learn about Chandrayaan 3 mixed with mythology

https://blog.jatan.space/p/indian-space-issue-10

Moon Monday #153: On NASA’s plan to extract lunar oxygen, an Aussie seismometer on Firefly’s lunar lander, and more

https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-153

A worrisome report on safety issues at SpaceX

https://blog.jatan.space/p/a-worrisome-report-on-safety-issues-at-spacex

Is instant publishing and reach incompatible with stopping misinformation?

https://thoughts.jatan.space/p/instant-publishing-and-misinformation

Moon Monday #152: Covering India and Japan’s next Moonshot, South Korea’s lunar lander, Artemis updates, and more

https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-152

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https://notes.jatan.space/2023/11/04/btw-my-web.html

I visited an interesting interactive museum of conflicts in Ahmedabad today:
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Below is one bit from it: A framed roti sliced in shapes of bricks; a metaphor alluding to woes of agricultural families caused by inconsiderate urbanization.


https://notes.jatan.space/2023/11/03/i-visited-an.html

ISRO recently shared that the Chandrayaan 3 lander ejected 2000 kilograms of material during its Moon landing. How does it compare to NASA’s Apollo and China’s Chang’e landings? Why is it important to study? I cover it in this week’s Moon Monday:
https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-151 🌗💥


https://notes.jatan.space/2023/11/01/isro-recently-shared.html

Earlier this week I donated to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, a non-political non-profit providing basic necessities to affected innocent children in the Hamas-Israel war. Consider donating too if you can via any such organization:
https://time.com/6322238/how-to-help-israel-gaza-war-victims />

https://notes.jatan.space/2023/11/01/earlier-this-week.html

Moon Monday #151: On Astrobotic‘s first lunar landing, Chandrayaan 3 blasting away lunar material, an older & cooler Luna, and much more

https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-151

Google paid $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere. That‘s more money than NASA’s 2023 budget of $25.4 billion. About 70% of Google’s payment was to Apple for keeping Google Search the default on its devices, which exceeds the $17.5 billion ESA is spending over 3 years.


https://notes.jatan.space/2023/10/28/google-paid-billion.html

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https://notes.jatan.space/2023/10/27/this-week-marked.html

Moon Monday #150: On China’s Queqiao 2 lunar mission, India’s Moonbound human spaceflight ambition, and more

https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-150

Indian Space Progress #9: Several standout launches on the horizon for ISRO, Chandrayaan 3 updates, ascending startups and ambitions, and more

https://blog.jatan.space/p/indian-space-issue-09

Yes and No

https://thoughts.jatan.space/p/yes-and-no