> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://journal.jatan.space/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Newsletter for friends #06: Time flies - URL: https://journal.jatan.space/newsletter-for-friends-06/ - Published: 2025-06-15T13:19:27.000Z - Updated: 2025-09-24T08:13:32.000Z - Author: Jatan - Tags: Life slices Hi friends, It’s again been over three months since I sent out the [previous newsletter for friends](https://journal.jatan.space/newsletter-for-friends-05/). And once again, a lot has happened in life. Here’s a small snapshot of some notable things you might like to browse. Click the links you’re curious about—that’s what the Web is for. :) ## Loved reading - [Lyrical poems](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59849330-lyrical-poems) by Aurobindo > [Friendship is no longer seen as an integral part of daily life, but rather something we squeeze in when all our other responsibilities have been met.](https://www.happiness.hks.harvard.edu/february-2025-issue/the-friendship-recession-the-lost-art-of-connecting) - [People aren’t mean to talk this much](https://archive.ph/Bwzu0) - [Twitterlike is a bad shape](https://osteophage.neocities.org/essays/twitterlike) ## Writing - China selecting [international researchers to study Moon samples](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-223/), demonstrating [automated navigation at the Moon](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-222/), and [welcoming India](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-225/) to cooperate on Moon missions - On the [immense success of Firefly’s Moon lander](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-218/#firefly-deserves-an-unusual-kudos) but also the disappointing failures of landers from [Intuitive Machines](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-216/#tipped-intuitive-mooncraft-dies-with-none-of-the-net-130-million-worth-of-payloads-deployed) and [ispace Japan](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-228/) - On India’s joint ISRO-JAXA [Chandrayaan 5 / LUPEX mission](https://jatan.space/indian-space-issue-25/) and the [PSLV rocket’s failure](https://jatan.space/indian-space-issue-28/) - Trump’s [proposed budget cuts and changes to NASA’s Moon missions](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-227/) - [Why Moon missions need their own Wikipedia and beyond](https://gckh8z.fk79.fdske.com/e/c/01jx0014ze14pgh7nfvdcrxxhd/01jx0014ze14pgh7nfyyjc4qyp) ## Space, personally - Joined Open Lunar’s orbit as [their Science Communications Lead](https://jatan.space/joining-open-lunar-as-their-science-communications-lead/) - A [story about open knowledge sharing](https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/a-story-about-open-knowledge-sharing-in-space) in space - Welcomed [Catalyx Space](https://www.catalyx.space/), [The Orbital Index](https://orbitalindex.com/) and [PierSight Space](https://piersight.space/) as yearly sponsors of my space writing - I had fun moderating a [rather stellar panel](https://www.iafastro.org/events/global-series-conferences/global-conference-on-space-exploration-2025/programme/plenary-programme/friday-9-may/iaf-gnf-session-iloa-ilewg-galaxy-forum-international-newspace-to-the-moon.html) on global Moon exploration at the international GLEX conference. [Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mWvT1o-hQ4). 🌙 ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2025/06/glex-2025-global-lunar-exploration-panel.jpg) [Yours truly](https://jatan.space/about) speaking at GLEX 2025. ## Thoughts - [Utterly fascinated by dinosaurs—want to launch them to space](https://journal.jatan.space/fascinated-by-dinosaurs/) - Made a list of [good enough blogging platforms](https://journal.jatan.space/good-enough-blogging-platforms/) by price if you just want to write - [In which AI kills the human Web, or at least its spirit](https://journal.jatan.space/in-which-ai-kills-the-human-web-or-at-least-its-spirit/) ## Life and Pictures - [App subscriptions and Yoghurt](https://journal.jatan.space/app-subscriptions-and-yoghurt/) - [Visited the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort](https://personal.jatan.space/visited-the-taj-mahal-and-agra-fort) ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2025/06/taj-mahal-across-yamuna-river-pre-sunset.jpeg) The Taj Mahal from the other side—across the Yamuna river from the “Moonlight garden” ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2025/06/qutub-minar.jpeg) Qutub Minar, Delhi ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2025/06/niece-tatsu-planetarium.jpeg) Took my niece to the planetarium. She went around saying “amazing” for every space thing that captivated her, especially during the sky theater show. 🌌 ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2025/06/onion-pakoda-1.jpeg) Pleasures of a drizzly, windy day. Onion pakoda. --- I’m grateful for this space where I can embrace a [calmer digital life](https://journal.jatan.space/digital-detox/) and connect with people directly instead of [drowning in the slurp](https://journal.jatan.space/an-internet-without-intent)—and now slop—of social media. Have you been up to something interesting lately? Want to share a good read? [Message me](https://jatan.space/connect).