Talks, presentations, interviews, and opinions on exploring space by Jatan Mehta, a globally published independent space exploration writer and author of Moon Monday.
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It was eight years ago that I wrote a guide on how to correctly and reliably install NASA’s popular HEASoft software on Linux, a software which is extensively used in high energy Astrophysics research. I wrote it because the official guides on NASA HEASoft’s website were failing to
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This article is a break from my usual because space communities worldwide are affected by this important topic, and I have some thoughts to offer to add to the discussions. SpaceNews, a well known media publication in the global space industry, went paywalled for its website on July 1 with
Moon Monday
Some of you have been wondering and asking why I haven’t covered potential Artemis changes in the new US administration on my Moon Monday blog+newsletter. So here’s the thing. In the nearly three months since the US electoral outcome, speculations on shifts in the Artemis program have
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Many of my headlines make little sense to Google, Web Search Engines, and for SEO. For example, I titled Moon Monday #199 as “Not the fault in our stars but certainly stressful faults on our Moon”. Most likely, mainstream social media algorithms don’t care much for such headlines either.
Chandrayaan
I was a guest on Carnegie India’s podcast Interpreting India. In light of the recently approved Chandrayaan 4 sample return mission, we discuss for a good 45 minutes where India’s Moon exploration plans are heading, and what are the enablers and constraints on the increasingly complex road for
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Many readers have asked me this week if I plan on blogging something today for the anniversary of Chandrayaan 3’s Moon landing, which India now celebrates as National Space Day. The answer is the same as what I do for Apollo anniversaries: Nothing. Don’t get me wrong. I’
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My journey as a globally published science writer in the niche field of space exploration.
Talks
I’ve been speaking about exploring space, our Moon, and science writing on multiple forums lately, more so than the usual. But I didn’t want to share each of these talks and interviews as individual blog posts, and then also promote them all on like five social networks. These
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I gave a talk at the 2023 European Lunar Symposium on June 29 about how despite the emergence of private and commercial Moon missions there’s no alternative to public buy-in, funding, and outreach to sustain lunar exploration globally and reap its immense benefits to science and technological progress. Talk
Chandrayaan
I was invited by the Moon Village Association India to give a talk on the 2022 International Moon Day. Topics discussed in From Chandrayaan to Artemis: (In addition to the video timestamps below, find links to several articles for more information) * 2:37 - Chandrayaan 1 * 7:55 - Renewed
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Literal, the new Goodreads competitor in town for book aficionados, interviewed me a few months ago (for some reason) about how my interest in space exploration shapes what I read. Also for some reason, their interview of me or anyone else has no link other than all such posts simply
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My Ask me Anything session on the r/India subreddit last Thursday was a blast. The redditors asked so many great questions on space, ranging from asteroid mining to ISRO to finding life to settling on Mars. Here are direct links to some of my favorite questions & answers. * What
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