Angadh Nanjangud
@angadh.com
🇮🇳🇬🇧 peripatetic space technologist
Space Engineering Lecturer @qmul.bsky.social
Meditations angadh.com
Space Engineering Lecturer @qmul.bsky.social
Meditations angadh.com
American border-crossing with an Indian passport was so stressful when I studied here; I’ll never take for granted the ease of doing the same since becoming British.
10/10 would recommend Indians move to countries with better citizenship pathways than America.
10/10 would recommend Indians move to countries with better citizenship pathways than America.
August 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
American border-crossing with an Indian passport was so stressful when I studied here; I’ll never take for granted the ease of doing the same since becoming British.
10/10 would recommend Indians move to countries with better citizenship pathways than America.
10/10 would recommend Indians move to countries with better citizenship pathways than America.
July 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
AI-slop will rule the world.
A user on HN linked to a post on my site from 1 hr ago containing Claude-words after letting it loose on my obsidian vault to find contradictions in my thinking. It sorta blew up?
I've spent more time on other posts with <50 reads.
The writing game's gone, lads.
A user on HN linked to a post on my site from 1 hr ago containing Claude-words after letting it loose on my obsidian vault to find contradictions in my thinking. It sorta blew up?
I've spent more time on other posts with <50 reads.
The writing game's gone, lads.
July 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
AI-slop will rule the world.
A user on HN linked to a post on my site from 1 hr ago containing Claude-words after letting it loose on my obsidian vault to find contradictions in my thinking. It sorta blew up?
I've spent more time on other posts with <50 reads.
The writing game's gone, lads.
A user on HN linked to a post on my site from 1 hr ago containing Claude-words after letting it loose on my obsidian vault to find contradictions in my thinking. It sorta blew up?
I've spent more time on other posts with <50 reads.
The writing game's gone, lads.
@modularprincess.bsky.social what an incredible album! One of the best I have heard in an age!
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arushijain.bandcamp.com/album/under-...
Under the Lilac Sky, by Arushi Jain
6 track album
arushijain.bandcamp.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
@modularprincess.bsky.social what an incredible album! One of the best I have heard in an age!
arushijain.bandcamp.com/album/under-...
arushijain.bandcamp.com/album/under-...
Scored these but burned a hole in me pockets, a week ago at the Folio Society sale. Some really beautiful books out there.
July 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Scored these but burned a hole in me pockets, a week ago at the Folio Society sale. Some really beautiful books out there.
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July 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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July 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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@angadh.com I really like the formatting of your blog. The typography, suggested soundtracks, clear links, and organizations work well together. I'm enjoying the variety of topics as well. Thanks for sharing your writing!
July 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
@angadh.com I really like the formatting of your blog. The typography, suggested soundtracks, clear links, and organizations work well together. I'm enjoying the variety of topics as well. Thanks for sharing your writing!
Space data centres will not be cheaper than terrestrial ones.
There may be something underlying the idea but it won’t be found in a business case premised on 2 digit/kg launch cost.
Radiators are killers.
angadh.com/space-data-c...
There may be something underlying the idea but it won’t be found in a business case premised on 2 digit/kg launch cost.
Radiators are killers.
angadh.com/space-data-c...
There’s no way that Starcloud can put a data centre in space at $8.2 million using one Starship launch
Abstract
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June 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Space data centres will not be cheaper than terrestrial ones.
There may be something underlying the idea but it won’t be found in a business case premised on 2 digit/kg launch cost.
Radiators are killers.
angadh.com/space-data-c...
There may be something underlying the idea but it won’t be found in a business case premised on 2 digit/kg launch cost.
Radiators are killers.
angadh.com/space-data-c...
I recently read Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience — it’s an exemplary demonstration of what an essay can be.
Thoreau’s wit and style are striking but also reveals how little things have changed with govt and the problems civil society has with it.
angadh.com/thoreau-1
Thoreau’s wit and style are striking but also reveals how little things have changed with govt and the problems civil society has with it.
angadh.com/thoreau-1
Revisiting Thoreau in the Twenty-first Century
When I meet a government which says to me, “Your money or your life,” why should I be in haste to give it my money? It may be in a great strait, and not kn...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I recently read Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience — it’s an exemplary demonstration of what an essay can be.
Thoreau’s wit and style are striking but also reveals how little things have changed with govt and the problems civil society has with it.
angadh.com/thoreau-1
Thoreau’s wit and style are striking but also reveals how little things have changed with govt and the problems civil society has with it.
angadh.com/thoreau-1
There was a brief moment when NASA was figuring out how to build von Braun wheels.
Then Apollo’s messed it up.
I unpack this and more in the link below.
angadh.com/wherevonbraunwheel
Then Apollo’s messed it up.
I unpack this and more in the link below.
angadh.com/wherevonbraunwheel
Where is my von Braun wheel?
In 1962. There — that answers the clickbaity title right away.
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April 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There was a brief moment when NASA was figuring out how to build von Braun wheels.
Then Apollo’s messed it up.
I unpack this and more in the link below.
angadh.com/wherevonbraunwheel
Then Apollo’s messed it up.
I unpack this and more in the link below.
angadh.com/wherevonbraunwheel
I often meet people who dunk on London (& the UK/Europe generally) a lot.
But one of my first convos, upon moving here from California, with a barista caught me off guard when he said he owned a home.
angadh.com/london-1
But one of my first convos, upon moving here from California, with a barista caught me off guard when he said he owned a home.
angadh.com/london-1
My first week in London
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April 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I often meet people who dunk on London (& the UK/Europe generally) a lot.
But one of my first convos, upon moving here from California, with a barista caught me off guard when he said he owned a home.
angadh.com/london-1
But one of my first convos, upon moving here from California, with a barista caught me off guard when he said he owned a home.
angadh.com/london-1
Wrote on a contentious topic, it appears.
Trump’s return as US president could hasten the SpaceX Earth to Earth project.
New York to Paris in 30 mins? How to achieve Elon Musk’s vision of rockets replacing long haul
Trump’s return as US president could hasten the SpaceX Earth to Earth project.
theconversation.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Wrote on a contentious topic, it appears.
Not qualified to say Claude et al will replace SWE but I will pronounce myself Claude whisperer.
The kinds of things I want in my static website in appearance and writing workflow (Obsidian+Jekyll+css) would simply not be possible for someone at my skill level without Claude+Cursor.
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The kinds of things I want in my static website in appearance and writing workflow (Obsidian+Jekyll+css) would simply not be possible for someone at my skill level without Claude+Cursor.
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January 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Not qualified to say Claude et al will replace SWE but I will pronounce myself Claude whisperer.
The kinds of things I want in my static website in appearance and writing workflow (Obsidian+Jekyll+css) would simply not be possible for someone at my skill level without Claude+Cursor.
angadh.com
The kinds of things I want in my static website in appearance and writing workflow (Obsidian+Jekyll+css) would simply not be possible for someone at my skill level without Claude+Cursor.
angadh.com
Emails from students. Never gets old.
January 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Emails from students. Never gets old.
Space station R&D is something else.
January 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Space station R&D is something else.
"Flow" was the best movie I watched at the London Film Festival. Pleased that it won the best animated film at the Golden Globes. Cannot recommend the movie enough.
January 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Flow" was the best movie I watched at the London Film Festival. Pleased that it won the best animated film at the Golden Globes. Cannot recommend the movie enough.
Something I am sitting with and find striking is how inhuman the humanity of ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode is. I just can’t get myself to take it seriously.
When does data become humanity? Can it?
When does data become humanity? Can it?
January 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Something I am sitting with and find striking is how inhuman the humanity of ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode is. I just can’t get myself to take it seriously.
When does data become humanity? Can it?
When does data become humanity? Can it?
I remember a time I used to stay up to watch India bat. I’m glad that Bumrah has changed that for the last 6 or so years. What a dude.
December 29, 2024 at 3:12 AM
I remember a time I used to stay up to watch India bat. I’m glad that Bumrah has changed that for the last 6 or so years. What a dude.