Moon Monday
Why haven’t humans gone back to the Moon no longer a valid question thanks to NASA Artemis II lunar flyby
Plus: A poetic ode to our exploration of Luna | Moon Monday #269
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Poem: Antariksh ki pyaas / अंतरिक्ष की प्यास / The thirst for space
Original in Hindustani, as English transliteration and in देवनागरी, followed by its English translation (though not as lyrical): Antariksh ki pyaas Woh bachpan ki kitaabe jisne dikhaye sitaare aaj bhi yaad se nihaare Durbin ki drisháąi me jagmag falak aur yaano ki gati se graho ki jalak Kalpana
Indian Space
India’s rockets will not meet its civil space and strategic launch manifest even at peak performance
Part 3 of India’s space launch crisis | Indian Space Progress #37
Moon Monday
Ignition, not yet liftoff, of NASA’s ambitious Artemis Moonbase plan | Moon Monday #268
Plus: NASA in final prep to launch Artemis II astronauts around Luna.
Moon Monday
China surfaces details of spacecraft to land humans on Luna by 2030 | Moon Monday #267
From landing system development to trajectory design and landing site selection to abort scenarios.
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Moon Monday #266: Future governance questions and current mission updates
We can build cities on the Moon—but who will govern them? Amid a global lunar rush, will we land peaceful norms alongside our spacecraft? Last month SpaceX and its founder Elon Musk flipped their stance on the Moon from treating it as a distraction to positioning it as central
Moon Monday
NASA falters in communications yet again with Lunar Trailblazer failure | Moon Monday #265
Plus: Parallel developments show how open access NASA is when the agency is at its best.
Moon Monday
Everything you should know and track about NASA’s Apollo-style Artemis rejig in its chase of China to the Moon
NASA is also borrowing the “manned” from Apollo while at it. | Moon Monday #264
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #263: Artemis II, a Canadian capcom, Chandrayaan, and Long March 10
Also, fun new guestbook for those who read till the end. 🌝
Moon Monday
China conducts a multi-element test unlike any other nation in firm march to Luna | Moon Monday #262
Plus NASA Artemis updates.
Indian Space
When ISRO loses a PSLV rocket, India loses a launchpad in the present and the future
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
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #261: A shortfall in Artemis II testing and NASA’s communications
Dear NASA, China’s space missions exist too. So do your own planetary science missions.
