Life slice #2: Reading science fiction and talking rockets
- Inspired by NASA’s 404 page, and ESA’s 404 page too, I edited my space blog’s not found pages to show something nerdy and lunar themed: jatan.space/404/ 🕳️
- I watched Project Hail Mary this week, partly because of all the hype surrounding it. The movie was alright. The visuals were good but the rest was just okay. I also couldn’t switch my space and physics brain off so I kept finding flaws. I’d argue finding major scientific flaws in science fiction is fair game. I’m sure the book will fair better here. I intentionally didn’t read the book before watching the movie because I knew I’d be disappointed with the movie in such a case. Now that I’m disappointed anyway, I think I saved myself extra disappointment.
- I started reading the third book of the Three Body Problem series: Death’s End. I’m enjoying it so far, like the first and second one. The sheer scale of thought in the series is simply amazing.
- It was good to catch up with a few friends this week.
- I left most of the few WhatsApp groups I was on to be more discerning about whom I give my attention to or for what, and to simply reduce my stress levels.
- I’m giving a lecture on space rockets for Pint of View BLR coming Wednesday. Come nerd your brain out 🤓. Journalistic disclaimer: My honorarium for the talk is the same regardless of the number of tickets sold so there’s no incentive for me to share this and sell more.
- This week’s Moon Monday is about Artemis updates as well as interesting new Japanese lunar missions.
This post was written based on one of the blogging prompts at an in-person IndieWeb Club meet in Bangalore.
