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# Presentation: Why explore Space
- URL: https://jatan.space/talk-why-explore-space/
- Published: 2020-06-27T11:42:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-24T10:30:58.000Z
- Author: Jatan Mehta

I gave [this talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToC%5Fo2euE0I) on June 27, 2020 to school kids for [Asan Vigyan](https://asanvigyan.in) but enjoyable by anyone with an interest in space or science. The kids had a raft of amazing questions on every single topic! They deeply understood why space exploration is important and quintessential. 🚀

**Topics discussed include:**

- 00:51 - Telescopes of Earth
- 06:56 - Space telescopes
- 13:12 - Why study the Sun?
- 19:50 - Why explore the Moon?
- 35:57 - Threats to Earth and why we need to live in space
- 38:40 - Why study exoplanets?

**Articles referred to in the session:**

- [Why explore the Moon](https://jatan.space/why-explore-the-moon/)
- [How NASA and Chandrayaan discovered water on the Moon](https://jatan.space/how-nasa-and-chandrayaan-discovered-water-on-the-moon/)
- [Are the Universe's smallest stars promising places for life?](https://jatan.space/life-around-red-dwarfs/)
- [ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 orbiter is creating the highest resolution map of the Moon](https://jatan.space/chandrayaan-2-is-creating-the-highest-resolution-map-of-the-moon/)
- [A mission to touch the Sun, with the fastest spacecraft in history](https://jatan.space/parker-solar-probe/)