Curiosity Is A Choice — In this mini-series, we have talked about how interest in space has played out in the past, is helping us lead better lives now and will continue to be a frontier of scientific collaboration. …

Improving Ourselves — Dealing with our own fallacies 🫵 As evolved as we are, as sophisticated we think we are, as special as we want to be, we humans suffer from basic fallacies about ourselves. Ego — For the longest time we put ourselves at the center of all celestial motion. Even when observations refuted this belief, we took…

More Subtle Reasons — Continuing from Why care about space series — these are subtle reasons that not everyone stops to think about. Navigating our daily lives 🗺️ Did you know that Einstein’s theory of relativity has a practical application in our daily lives? Satellites orbiting our planet have their time tick differently relative to someone on the ground…

Those of you following my recent writing would know that I have been thinking about this topic for a while. I recently kicked off why should You care about space series. I have also been watching an Indian courtroom drama series on Amazon Prime. With ChatGPT rolling along, you can…

Why care about space — Part 1 — Part of Why care about space series — These are obvious reasons because they are usually talked about the most. We need more stuff! Space exploration could provide an unlimited supply of raw materials as we need to support rapid population growth, coupled with our insatiable need for a better life. …

Got enough problems down here, why look up? — That’s the most common question I get asked. It’s not even an unfair question to ask. Most of us aren’t spending our daily lives trying to keep up with the progress of various space programs. Many of us don’t have the time or the interest to do so. Then there’s…

Voyager Missions — $865 Million (Contd.) — The totality of Voyager mission firsts and successes cannot be summarized easily. Launched in 1977, by 1989 Voyager-2 had already explored Neptune, the last planet in our solar system. James Green wrote an excellent summary of their achievements — Only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune (Voyager 2) and first…

Thank you for your support! It’s exactly one year since I published my first article. To put words out in the public domain has been a unique experience for me. …

Voyager Missions — $865 Millions — No other mission encompasses humanity’s desire for reaching out for the stars than the Voyager missions. It’s hard to believe now, but just a few decades ago we didn’t know much about the outer planets in our solar system. …