Support my independent writing and journalism
Hi, I’m Jatan Mehta, a globally published independent writer on a lifelong mission to promote the exploration of our Moon and space. All of my work—including my flagship Moon Monday blog+newsletter—is absolutely free to access by everyone. And I never display ads. Moon Monday has become a globally read community resource, and it is reader-supported by the kind donors listed below. If you too find value in what I do, please consider sponsoring Moon Monday as an individual or organization and support independent writing and journalism:
Sponsor as an organization
If your company or organization would like to sponsor Moon Monday and get visibility with my global lunar audience, email me and I’ll send you a sponsorships document with details:
I accept sponsorships for Moon Monday and Indian Space Progress in line with my Editorial Independence Policy.
Support as an individual
Support one or multiple Moon Mondays as you please:
- $50: Support one Moon Monday edition
- Get credited with your website/social link
- Permanent acknowledgement on the Supporters page (this page)
- $500: Support a Moon Monday every month for a whole year
- Get credited every month with your website/social link
- Your picture and web link displayed on my About page
- A brief welcome message for my readers
- Permanent acknowledgement on the Supporters page (this page)
Payment options
- PayPal (preferred)
- UPI (for Indians): ₹2,000 | ₹5,000 | ID: moonmehta@ybl
- Wise / Donorbox / Patreon / Ko-Fi
If you have any queries, or are facing issues, get in touch.
My sponsors & supporters
Organizations
Here are the kind organizations who currently sponsor either my Moon Monday newsletter or the Indian Space Progress reports.
- Open Lunar Foundation
- The Orbital Index
- The Takshashila Institution
- KaleidEO
- Off Planet Research
- Venturi Astrolab
- PierSight
And here are individuals sponsoring more than five editions of my newsletters in a year:
The following organizations have previously sponsored Moon Monday or Indian Space Progress. My sincere thanks goes to them as well.
Individuals
Here are the kind people who have donated me at least $50. Thank you so much to everyone in here. I’m quite glad and proud of the diversity of this list.
- Abhinav Yadav
- Abhishek Shetty
- Adithya Kothandhapani
- Aditya K
- Alexandra Witze, Correspondent for Nature
- Andrew Cantino
- Andrea Battisti
- Bethany Ehlmann
- Cyrus Khan
- Dany Waller
- David Blewett, Planetary scientist
- David Draper, NASA’s Deputy Chief Scientist
- Frank Genin
- Gordon Roesler (Robots in Space)
- Henry Throop
- Hunter Danque
- James Tuttle Keane
- Jamie Rumbelow, who wishes me to link to GiveWell instead of his site
- Jason Davis, Senior Editor at The Planetary Society
- Jim Singh
- Joseph J. Biernat
- Justin Alva
- Karan Maindan
- Kris Zacny (Honeybee Robotics)
- Kyle Acierno
- Louis-Jérôme Burtz
- Mat Kaplan, Host of Planetary Radio
- Marchel Holle (ispace Japan)
- Matt Ryall
- Marc Rayman
- Mark Lucas
- Max Mednik (Epsilon3)
- MB
- Michael Palank
- Narayan Prasad, Co-founder of Satsearch, Curator of NewSpace India
- Nathan Price
- Nitin Pai (Takshashila)
- Nitish
- Parvathy Prem
- Paul Savio
- Pradeep
- RBK
- Rushabh Gala
- Ryan Duffy
- Shane McFarland
- Sonia Tikoo
- Sourabh Maltare
- Stéphane Leclair
- Steve B
- Tim Glotch
- Vishesh Vatsal
To an open and spacey future for everyone.