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Celebrating 5 years and 10,000 subscribers of Moon Monday with globally published poetry on space
It also lays the foundation for the next phase in my space writing: Merge the worlds of blogs and books.
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Moon Monday #250: One small step, mission updates, and a much needed giant leap
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 spread around the world
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A giant leap in orbital imagery is what we need to realize advanced Moon missions
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 the bedrock for selecting landing sites of most Moon missions launched this century from
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Moon Monday #249: The one published on Sunday
Mission updates from China and the US.
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Moon Monday #248: The one that starts with a meme
China preps complex Chang’e 7 mission to study lunar water while US Artemis III rejigs.
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Shining light on solar activity and the Moon’s exosphere—a Diwali gift from Chandrayaan 2
Moon Monday #247 and Indian Space Progress #32: The Moon-based Sun watcher
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An assortment of lunar papers from around the world | Moon Monday #246
Like Moon-made M&Ms. 🍬😋
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Moon Monday #245: Blue origin to hunt for a lunar oasis
Plus mission updates.
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Moon Monday #244: Towards lunar construction
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 I do know
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Moon Monday #243: An Amazon delivery for NASA’s VIPER rover?
Plus Chandrayaan 3 research updates and more.
Verses
Verses: Hope in desolation
Space just desolate… and yet humans launch hope to explore some more On our Moon from where the Sun never shines, a new era will dawn. Poem notes: 1. There’s nothing quite as bold and beautiful as committing to venturing the brutal colossal desolation that is space. Every (civil)
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Moon Monday #242: Artemis II advances, and so does Long March 10 🔥
Plus mission updates.
