Jatan Mehta

Jatan Mehta is a globally published independent space writer, invited speaker, and the author of Moon Monday, which is the world’s only blog & newsletter dedicated to covering lunar exploration developments from around the globe. At Open Lunar Foundation, Jatan is the Technical Communications Contractor, helping communicate our research work on technical and policy building blocks towards cooperative and sustainable lunar exploration for all.

Explore Their Contributions:

• We can build cities on the Moon—but who will govern them?

• Hong Kong engages international planetary scientists with a lunar samples symposium

• Achievements and shortfalls in global lunar exploration in 2025

• A giant leap in orbital imagery is what we need to realize advanced Moon missions

• Cooperation Beyond Earth: Open Lunar at IAC Sydney 2025

• The case for India and China to exchange lunar samples from Chang’e and Chandrayaan

• We’re building future technologies for the Moon without closing missed milestones

• Science Does not Exist in a (Lunar) Vacuum

• Information Sharing Enables Cutting Edge Lunar Exploration

• Achievements in Moon exploration this year: Notable developments by country or region

• Moon missions need their own Wikipedia and beyond. Open Lunar is building it.

• The Road to a Moonbase Goes through Advanced Navigation Based on Open Standards

• As Moon Missions Mount Globally, We Need to Preserve Future Exploration and Science