Hacker News: uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=uncertainquarkHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:52:58 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by uncertainquark in "NASA Deletes Comic Book About How Women Can Be Astronauts"]]>Even more concerning is community scientific documents researched specifically to serve NASA going offline in the name of DEI: https://jatan.space/scientific-documents-go-missing-from-nas...

]]>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 05:49:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43501957uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43501957https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43501957<![CDATA[New comment by uncertainquark in "X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links"]]>Three issues with believing this: 1. How long does it take to undo this though even if it might be an automated screwup?

2. Why it isn’t getting banned on other social networks and only on X?

3. Didn’t X previously block Substack and Mastodon URLs?

]]>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:06:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43082247uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43082247https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43082247<![CDATA[New comment by uncertainquark in "I've been advocating for RSS support, and you should too"]]>Most introductions to RSS assume that people want to know about RSS.. and so instead here’s a more people-centric explainer: https://journal.jatan.space/why-use-rss/

]]>Sat, 18 Jan 2025 15:39:16 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42749108uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42749108https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42749108<![CDATA[New comment by uncertainquark in "I ditched the algorithm for RSS"]]>Most introductions to RSS assume that people want to know about RSS! And so here’s a more people-centric explainer instead: https://journal.jatan.space/why-use-rss/

]]>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:32:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42729024uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42729024https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42729024<![CDATA[New comment by uncertainquark in "Footage of Chang'e-6's land on far side of the moon"]]>Thank you! It’s part of the Chinese lunar special series I’ve been doing all month. Here’s the rest of the four:

https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-175/

https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-176/

https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-177/

]]>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 04:29:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40559350uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40559350https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40559350<![CDATA[New comment by uncertainquark in "Footage of Chang'e-6's land on far side of the moon"]]>If anyone’s interested, I did a deep dive into the Chang’e 6 mission, including clarifying some misconceptions: https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-174/

]]>Sun, 02 Jun 2024 17:29:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40555808uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40555808https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40555808<![CDATA[Ask HN: Curate links? Where? Vote and share your curations]]>Do you curate links to things you find interesting or recommend? If so, where? Vote below, and feel free to drop the link to your curations!

* Flipboard

* Pinterest

* A blog

* Social media

* Bookmarking apps

* Private chat groups

* Something else?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40259453

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

]]>Sat, 04 May 2024 18:39:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40259453uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40259453https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40259453<![CDATA[Ask HN: Is ActivityPub better than RSS?]]>Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40190604

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

]]>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 18:24:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40190604uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40190604https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40190604<![CDATA[How engineers test Moon landers on Earth]]>Article URL: https://nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00352-w

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39323543

Points: 26

# Comments: 6

]]>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 04:17:27 +0000https://nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00352-wuncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39323543https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39323543<![CDATA[New comment by uncertainquark in "Ask HN: How many of you are self employed?"]]>I’m an independent space exploration writer, and I love my job: https://blog.jatan.space/about

Happy to answer any related questions.

]]>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:42:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39264015uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39264015https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39264015<![CDATA[The engineer who had a key role in Chandrayaan 3's touchdown on the Moon]]>Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03920-8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38638503

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 06:42:23 +0000https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03920-8uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38638503https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38638503<![CDATA[Google pays more than NASA's annual budget to keep its search default everywhere]]>Google paid $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere. That‘s more money than NASA’s 2023 budget of $25.4 billion. About 70% of Google’s payment was to Apple for keeping Google Search the default on its devices, which exceeds the $17.5 billion ESA is spending over 3 years.

Sources:

1. $26.3 billion: https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23934961/google-antitrust-trial-defaults-search-deal-26-3-billion

2. $25.4 billion: https://www.planetary.org/space-policy/nasas-fy-2023-budget

3. Payment to Apple: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/technology/google-apple-search-spotlight.html

4. $17.5 billion: https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/esa-gets-big-increase-commits-to-iss-through-2030-and-exomars-rover-in-2028

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38048092

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

]]>Sat, 28 Oct 2023 08:08:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38048092uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38048092https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38048092<![CDATA[The New York Times continues to misrepresent Indian space (extended version)]]>Article URL: https://blog.jatan.space/p/the-nyt-continues-to-misrepresent-indian-space

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37699195

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

]]>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:14:38 +0000https://blog.jatan.space/p/the-nyt-continues-to-misrepresent-indian-spaceuncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37699195https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37699195<![CDATA[How Chandrayaan 3 orchestrated firing its engines from orbit to touchdown]]>Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chandrayaan-3-makes-historic-touchdown-on-the-moon/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37246942

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

]]>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 09:52:24 +0000https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chandrayaan-3-makes-historic-touchdown-on-the-moon/uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37246942https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37246942<![CDATA[The big implications for Moon exploration with India signing the Artemis Accords]]>Article URL: https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-133

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36489344

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

]]>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 05:52:19 +0000https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-133uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36489344https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36489344<![CDATA[NASA advances science planning for the historic return of humans to the Moon]]>Article URL: https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-130

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36196170

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

]]>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:49:06 +0000https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-130uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36196170https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36196170<![CDATA[Why Blue Moon competing with SpaceX Starship for NASA Artemis landings is huge]]>Article URL: https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-128

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36054766

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

]]>Wed, 24 May 2023 06:26:45 +0000https://blog.jatan.space/p/moon-monday-issue-128uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36054766https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36054766<![CDATA[Colored vs. underlined links, or why the latter is better]]>Article URL: https://thoughts.jatan.space/p/colored-vs-underlined-links

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35963115

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Tue, 16 May 2023 15:25:00 +0000https://thoughts.jatan.space/p/colored-vs-underlined-linksuncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35963115https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35963115<![CDATA[Show HN: Explore Our Moon]]>Article URL: https://blog.jatan.space/p/our-moon

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35769451

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Mon, 01 May 2023 05:46:45 +0000https://blog.jatan.space/p/our-moonuncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35769451https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35769451<![CDATA[New comment by uncertainquark in "Ask HN: What has your personal website/blog done for you?"]]>It has helped me become a globally published space exploration writer: https://blog.jatan.space/p/my-science-writing-journey

]]>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 18:19:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35200832uncertainquarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35200832https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35200832