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Rocket equation 101: Revealing our Moon’s value as a launchpad
Moon Monday #288: Realizations from fundamental physics at the heart of the rocket equation. Paired with memes for fun and poetry for ethics.
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By Jatan Mehta | The world’s only newsletter dedicated to covering and contextualizing global lunar exploration updates, including plans to return humans to our Moon this decade.
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Moon Monday #287: Mission updates from China, the US, Europe, and Japan
Before we begin, I’m thrilled to share that Open Lunar Foundation is continuing as a sponsor of my Moon Monday blog+newsletter for the sixth year! 🌕 Open Lunar is a US-based non-profit organization with a global team that develops bottom-up tools of lunar governance to enable
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Our Moon is two-faced. Science missions unravel its layers.
Moon Monday #286: China’s Chang’e 6 samples have helped scientists decipher enigmatic layers of the lunar farside, leaving a curious trail for future missions to build upon.
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Upcoming missions to the Moon’s farside—that’s definitely not its dark side.
Moon Monday #285
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Explore our Moon!
A curated page of resources to learn and share how countries worldwide have explored our stellar cosmic companion.
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The Moon’s south pole is a place of promise and perils. Effective data sharing will benefit and save everyone.
Moon Monday #283: Some engineers and scientists are leading by example.
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Achievements and shortfalls in global lunar exploration this half year | Moon Monday #282
A contextualized overview of the world’s Moon exploration efforts.
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Lessons on lapses in lunar missions operations from the 20th century | Moon Monday #281
Announcement before we begin: I’m excited to welcome PierSight as a returning sponsor of my independent space writing for another year! 🌙 Ahmedabad-based PierSight is building a constellation of SAR satellites equipped with AIS sensors for persistent, all-weather ocean studies and monitoring. With $8 million raised in funds,
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Smashing success: The time NASA figured out our Moon is cratered all the way down | Moon Monday #280
Plus: What the agency’s planning in the lead up to safe Apollo astronaut landings teaches us about preparing for the next frontier this century.
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Artemis III, test like you won’t fly?
Moon Monday #279: “Artemis updates inside”, like “intel inside”. All puns intended.
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Deep dive into India’s Chandrayaan Moon missions like never before
Moon Monday #278: A master list of organized, linked articles covering ISRO’s Chandrayaan lunar program, mission by mission.
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What does Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explosion mean for NASA’s Artemis program? A domino of timeline lapses and strategic failures.
Moon Monday #277: How quickly Blue flies New Glenn again, the timing and outcome of the first Mark 1 lander flight, and what NASA shares about the crewed Mark 2 are the key things to watch out for.
