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
Articles
By Jatan Mehta | Dives into lunar exploration, space technology, Indian space, planetary science, and more.
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 plans | 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.
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
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
How NASA has planned to keep Artemis II astronauts safe throughout their Moon mission
Moon Monday #260: Safety planning spans all phases and aspects of the crewed lunar mission, weaved into hardware, operations, and astronaut training. 🦺
Moon Monday
All the rovers heading to the Moon over the next 10 years | Moon Monday #256
As lunar exploration ramps up worldwide, our celestial companion is slated to be explored by increasingly advanced rovers of all sorts over the next 10 years. Not all of them will be successful, and so the reason for this post is not just to garner excitement about the possibilities of
Indian Space
A space program can only move as swiftly as its rockets. It’s India’s time to act on that.
Indian Space Progress #33: A review of the state of ISRO’s orbital launch vehicles reveals a bleak picture of ambitious goals sliding to the right—in stark contrast to the incessant chest thumping about efficiency.
Moon Monday
Lunar sample science updates straight from Hong Kong | Moon Monday #252
A volcano of new results which have improved our understanding of our cosmic companion.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #251: Prepping to live on Luna via analogs on Earth
Plus mission updates and more memes.
