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While my 2022 was busier than ever writing about space and lunar exploration, I did manage to put out some musings on the Internet about other things at large. thoughts.jatan.space/p/best-of… My best (non-space) blog posts from 2022 Dear friends on the Web, While I'm chiefly a space writer, this blog Thought Brew is where I share thoughts on other…thoughts.jatan.space

I published 51 editions of my one-of-a-kind Moon Monday newsletter, and wrote 25+ articles on space exploration at large. blog.jatan.space/p/best-of… My best space writings from 2022 Dear readers, In my lifelong mission to write about the exploration of space and our Moon, 2022 turned out to be very…blog.jatan.space

It’s my birthday today. While I don’t like being wished, I’d greatly appreciate you reading and sharing my article on why we should explore our Moon: Why explore our Moon Every writer has what they or others consider to be their flagship article-the iPhone to their Apple. Here is mine…blog.jatan.space And if you love my work and many Moon projects, your donations would mean the Moon to me: https://jatan.space/support 🌗

November was wild. I published 2 articles, 4 editions of my Moon Monday newsletter, updated 2 Moon mission pages, opened up my space blog to supporter-only comments, and gave talks! Here’s everything I put out on the wonderful Web last month: https://recap.jatan.space/p/nov-2022 Everything I published in November 2022 It was a pretty good month. One issue with our grand return to the Moon is that I'm too excited nearly all the time…recap.jatan.space

I recently requested my Patreon supporters to move their patronage to my Donorbox so I can avoid Patreon’s high platform fees. Lately I came to realize that the actual cut Patreon takes from us creators is far higher than the cleverly advertised ~8–10%, which isn’t low to begin with. For…

NASA is completing assembly of the SLS rocket’s core stage to be used for the Artemis II mission to carry crew around the Moon in 2024. In the meanwhile, the mission’s nearly fully assembled Orion spacecraft, which the astronauts will be in, was powered on for the first time last…

After requesting proposals from U.S. companies in October last year, NASA has selected Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to provide advanced and highly flexible spacesuits and associated services for future astronauts on the Moon as well as the International Space Station (ISS). Collins, who designed the Apollo suits, and Axiom…

How the Apollo missions transformed our understanding of the Moon’s origin — This article was originally published on The Planetary Society as a contribution for the Apollo 11 landing anniversary. This is a mirror of the same. Where did the Moon come from? The origin of our cosmic neighbor is a fundamental question in planetary science. From Galileo’s first telescopic observations of…