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Space is necessarily multifarious, ISRO
Here’s a great example of why space-exploration is a multifarious industry where it takes excellence on multiple fronts at the same time to make each mission a success, even on seemingly unrelated fronts. The example also shows the pride of financial … Continue reading
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Tagged ASTROSAT, Mars, Mars Orbiter Mission, NASA
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Defending my review of ‘The Martian’
I wrote my first movie review for The Martian and I wonder if I’ve done it some disservice, although I think it is defensible (from myself, not anyone else). In a wonderful interview of Salman Rushdie published in Mint recently, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Weir, Drew Goddard, film review, Mars, Matt Damon, NASA, Ridley Scott, Sean Bean, The Martian
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Water found in Martian soil
During its first 100 Martian days (sols), NASA’s Curiosity rover had studied the atmosphere and soil of the red planet in some detail. The initial results from these studies trickled in on September 26 and 27, 2013, in a special … Continue reading
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Tagged carbonates, Curiosity rover, deuterium, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, Sample Analysis at Mars
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After less than 100 days, Curiosity renews interest in Martian methane
A version of this story, as written by me, appeared in The Hindu on November 15, 2012. — In the last week of October, the Mars rover Curiosity announced that there was no methane on Mars. The rover’s conclusion is … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity rover, ESA, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, methane, Roscosmos
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