Jatan Mehta @uncertainquark@mastodon.xyz

Temperatures in permanently shadowed regions on the Moon can go as low as -250° Celsius. Crazy! Designing a lunar rover that doesn't operates under such cold conditions with no comm, no sunlight is challenging.

RT @moonmondays@twitter.com

The Moon has regions which haven't seen sunlight for 2+ billion years, as this yearly illumination map of the Moon’s south pole by @LRO_NASA@twitter.com shows. These are known to harbor water ice, central to sustaining future lunar colonies.

Know more: https://moonmonday.space/2019/05/20/eternal-darkness-on-the-moons-poles-and-future-colonies/

#MoonMonday

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/moonmondays/status/1130505155797872640

Microsoft: Windows 10 will now use AI to determine when you’re not using your computer to install updates
Me: How about just asking me when I want to..

To all sad and frustrated fans of #GameOfThrones, here's something grander. Isaac Asimov's #Foundation series is being adapted to a TV show - The throne is a galactic empire and the story arc spreads over 20,000+ years. Funded by @Apple@twitter.com no less.

https://deadline.com/2018/08/foundation-apple-gives-series-order-to-adaptation-of-isaac-asimovs-sci-fi-classic-from-david-goyer-josh-friedman-1202450917/

RT @moonmondays@twitter.com

The Moon has regions which haven't seen sunlight for 2+ billion years, as this yearly illumination map of the Moon’s south pole by @LRO_NASA@twitter.com shows. These are known to harbor water ice, central to sustaining future lunar colonies.

Know more: https://moonmonday.space/2019/05/20/eternal-darkness-on-the-moons-poles-and-future-colonies/

#MoonMonday

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/moonmondays/status/1130505155797872640

Every time I tell kids that the #Moon had active volcanoes and the dark regions you see there are actually solidified lava, their brains light up! ☺️

RT @TeamIndusOrg@twitter.com

Happy to engage students from grade 2 to grade 10 from RoboLectro,in various #Space related science activities.Also a tour of the #TeamIndus facility followed by Q & A with the engineers.#STEMengagement

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TeamIndusOrg/status/1130360481644892162

I keep coming back to @elementary OS. 💙
My days of "distro hopping" are over. If you want something that's elegant both in form and function, look no further.

True story! I have zero coding skills, but I keep filing bug reports for little feature requests & point out design issues, and someone else implements them! @elementary@twitter.com OS in particular has been a very receiving project for me.

RT @killyourfm@twitter.com

8 Ways To Contribute To The Desktop #Linux Community -- Without Knowing A Single Line Of Code https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/05/13/8-ways-contribute-desktop-linux-community-marketing-documentation-art-testing/#7914f0114df8

Please retweet this one!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/killyourfm/status/1127872564494082048

#China has the longest-running extraterrestrial telescope on the Chang'e 3, observing the ultra-violet sky for 6 years from the Moon! With Chang'e 4, China observes the cosmos in radio from the lunar farside. It will demonstrate the potential for radio astronomy on the #Moon.

RT @moonmondays@twitter.com

As we speak, Chinese Chang’e 4, the first spacecraft to land on the lunar farside, is making low-frequency radio observations of the sky. What makes the Moon an excellent place for unique radio science?

Know more: https://moonmonday.space/2019/05/13/the-moon-as-a-unique-radio-astronomy-platform-and-change-4/

#MoonMonday

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/moonmondays/status/1127936427524628480

Me when choosing a software tool. Special shout-outs to Firefox, @ubuntu, @elementary @kde @gnome @DuckDuckGo and Telegram for being so awesome. #opensource

Know more: https://jatan.tech/2019/02/14/software-tools/

RT @killyourfm@twitter.com

So I played Terraforming Mars with my brother in law recently. This game is surprisingly fun!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/killyourfm/status/1126928396242567168

I wrote this article on GNOME 3.32 giving critical feedback and it went viral. It was great to see @gnome developers respond nicely. :)

https://jatan.tech/2019/05/01/gnome-3-32-is-awesome-but-still-has-key-areas-for-improvements/