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To understand the pride and perils of the PSLV is to understand India’s launch infrastructure and its risky commonalities | Indian Space Progress #35-36
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Dear NASA, China’s space missions exist too. So do your own planetary science missions.
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Moon Monday #260: Safety planning spans all phases and aspects of the crewed lunar mission, weaved into hardware, operations, and astronaut training. 🦺
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Plus mission updates.
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Does a no-nonsense approach to being an indie author work?
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And sunset on a valuable resource.
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Plus: Artemis and other updates, and articles on Japan’s lunar endeavors.
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Plus mission updates.
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* Reviewing Mangalyaan, India’s first Mars mission * India’s Mars orbiter completes six years at the red planet, but where is the science? * Debate: Mangalyaan’s low science output still reflects on ISRO * Mangalyaan spacecraft terminated—it was never a science mission * My article on Mangalyaan was rejected 8 times
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As lunar exploration ramps up worldwide, our celestial companion is slated to be explored by increasingly advanced rovers of all sorts over the next 10 years. Not all of them will be successful, and so the reason for this post is not just to garner excitement about the possibilities of
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* The joint Indo-Japanese Chandrayaan 5 LUPEX mission will drill for water on the Moon * JAXA welcomed us into the era of precision Moon landings * How ISRO aided this feat * Japan’s road to landing astronauts on the Moon * The need for resilience in private Moon landing missions through expansive and
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Like the dawn of the blaze of a lander over the grays touches your light and spans the open lunar sky A descent energetic yet graceful methodical and careful Spawned from the blue marble verse you bring the best in us. Poem notes: I’ve had the privilege and pleasure
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Moon Monday #255: Capturing the state of the world’s lunar exploration efforts this year.
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Indian Space Progress #34: An honest review of the country’s space activities this year
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What could’ve been the real headline instead: Lunar mission updates and India’s ultimate Moonshot.
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Indian Space Progress #33: A review of the state of ISRO’s orbital launch vehicles reveals a bleak picture of ambitious goals sliding to the right—in stark contrast to the incessant chest thumping about efficiency.
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Here is a peek at some lunar samples from China’s Chang’e 5 nearside landing mission as well as the Chang’e 6 farside one! Holding them is an incredible feeling that vividly reminds you of the immense and irreplaceable value of exploring our Moon. 🌙
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A volcano of new results which have improved our understanding of our cosmic companion.
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Plus mission updates and more memes.
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It also lays the foundation for the next phase in my space writing: Merge the worlds of blogs and books.
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Welcome to the 250th edition of my Moon Monday blog+newsletter! 🚀🌕
One small step: About two months ago, Moon Monday crossed 10,000 subscribers. I did not announce it until now because I wanted to celebrate it in some way. Having readers and supporters be truly
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At over 1.6 petabytes, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission hosts by far the largest dataset from any planetary science spacecraft ever launched. LRO’s high-resolution lunar imagery and topographic data has been
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Mission updates from China and the US.
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China preps complex Chang’e 7 mission to study lunar water while US Artemis III rejigs.
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Moon Monday #247 and Indian Space Progress #32
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Like Moon-made M&Ms. 🍬😋
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Plus mission updates.
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Before we begin, a clarifying note about the title of the previous Moon Monday: An Amazon delivery for NASA’s VIPER rover? Well, I’ve received many emails saying how Amazon has a distinct space entity from Blue Origin. It’s fair to point that out but
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Plus Chandrayaan 3 research updates and more.
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