A poem and a poet - What is leaving really like | Meru Vashisht

This episode is part 2 of a two part series.
We speak about Chandrayaan 3 mission. What happens after the landing and once the dust settles down? Why some of these experiments are on board and what is it that we are trying seek from the edge of scientific frontier?

We just ask Jatan Mehta.
He is the author of two fascinating Newsletters - Indian Space progress — and The Moon Monday.

If you started of with this episode you will do just alright but the part 1 on the moon is interesting by itself.
Reach out to us at [email protected]

Jatan’s Blog

https://blog.jatan.space

Chandrayaan 3 experiments

https://blog.jatan.space/p/chandrayaan-3?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2FChandrayaan%25203&utm_medium=reader2

Why we explore the moon?
https://blog.jatan.space/p/why-explore-the-moon

How are lunar mountains different from earth mountains?

https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/lunar-mountains-craters-landing-sites-solar-system/

The story of water being found on moon
https://blog.jatan.space/p/ultimate-guide-to-water-on-the-moon

Lumps in the moon’s gravitational field
https://blog.jatan.space/p/the-moons-lumpy-gravity-field

Tool to explore the PSRs
https://quickmap.lroc.asu.edu/query?extent=-21.6741319%2C-48.3039112%2C-3.1485562%2C-38.9146241&id=lroc&highlightFeatureId=0&showTerrain=true&queryFeature=1&queryOpts=N4IgLghgRiBcIBMKRAXyA&layers=NrBsFYBoAZIRnpEBmZcAsjYIHYFcAbAyAbwF8BdC0yioA&proj=10

Lunar South Pole atlas
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/lunar-south-pole-atlas/#illustrations

Nasa spinoff
https://spinoff.nasa.gov

About Episode cover: Near surface temperature modelled for moon's South Pole.
https://repository.hou.usra.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.11753/1336/SPole_85S_DLREallT_v20190829.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y