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I’m an Open Lunar Affiliate!

Jatan Mehta

Jul 19, 2024 — 1 min read

I’m glad to share that alongside many inspiring individuals like Louis Burtz, Ranjana Kaul and Yoav Landsman, I’ve been an Affiliate at the Open Lunar Foundation for a while now. We’re thrilled to aid the non-profit’s daunting work of developing key technical and policy building blocks which aim to help ensure that the exploration of our Moon is cooperative and sustainable for everyone. 🚀🌙

In turn, Open Lunar’s work makes me proud also because they have been a kind sponsor of my Moon Monday blog+newsletter for four years now! 🌗

Moon Monday #191: A stream of CLPS and Artemis lunar mission updates

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Moon Monday #191: A stream of CLPS and Artemis lunar mission updates

Indian Space Progress #19: On the new rocket in town, and many mission updates

Moon Monday #190: On the varied importance of the Chandrayaan 3 rover, and more mission updates

On celebrating Chandrayaan 3’s Moon landing, or that of Apollo