China’s plans for a Moonbase include many technology demonstrations and science objectives, and even a lunar station! In the 4th Chinese lunar special of my Moon Monday blog+newsletter, I lay down and contextualize it all: https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-177
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Moon Monday #177: China’s lunar base, the depths of polar water, mission updates, and mountains https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-177/
A pleasant evening in a park reading an unpleasant article: The Lunacy of Artemis
Honestly, very few things feel as satiating as running into people at a conference who express how much they love my blog https://jatan.space. Multiple people did that today at a US-India Business Council meet! I love being an independent writer but such moments make the challenges worthwhile.
Welcome to the 3rd Chinese lunar special edition of Moon Monday! Here I’ve contextualized all elements of China’s ambitious plan to land humans on the Moon. I also question narratives calling the mission limited and Apollo-like compared to NASA Artemis: jatan.space/moon-mond… 🚀🌗
Moon Monday #176: The anatomy of China’s first crewed lunar landing, CLPS updates, and more https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-176/
Moon Monday #175: China helps Pakistan kickstart lunar exploration, and preps for crew with Chang’e 8 https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-175/
Indian Space Progress #12: Doubling down on space telescopes, lunar exploration, and Earth observation https://blog.jatan.space/p/indian-space-issue-12
Moon Monday #161: Savoring SLIM’s success in precision landing, India’s role in it, and more mission updates https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-161
Coming soon https://webwisely.mymagic.page/coming-soon/
Moon Monday #160: On Japan’s breakthrough with SLIM and investing in a lunar future https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-160
Moon Monday #159: On Astrobotic’s failed lunar landing and its wake, mission updates, Artemis delays, and science from KPLO https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-159
The one app to read them all already exists, and it’s called RSS https://web.jatan.space/p/why-use-rss
How to follow CLPS mission updates https://blog.jatan.space/p/how-to-follow-nasa-clps-updates
Moon Monday #158: On Astrobotic’s lunar lander launch, following NASA CLPS updates, an international Artemis, and more https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-158
Coming soon to your browser: Read and Surf Sanely, a blog & newsletter to help you better peruse the Internet https://web.jatan.space/p/introducing-read-and-surf-sanely
I’d like to share with you highlights from my space endeavors in 2023 https://blog.jatan.space/p/best-of-2023
A slice of Hyderabad’s history https://thoughts.jatan.space/p/a-slice-of-hyderabad-history
The engineer who played a key role in Chandrayaan 3’s triumphant touchdown on the Moon https://blog.jatan.space/p/kalpana-kalahasti-chandrayaan-3-nature
Moon Monday #157: On maneuvering the Chandrayaan 3 orbiter back to Earth orbit, the upcoming trio of robotic lunar landers, infrastructure galore, and more https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-157