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The New Space Race and Its Rulebook: Outer Space Treaty, COPUOS, ATLAC, Moon Missions, Lagrange Points & Space Debris

A story-based walkthrough of how humanity is governing outer space — from the 1967 Outer Space Treaty to the newest UN Action Team on Lunar Activities, from Chandrayaan-3's Shiv Shakti Point to the James Webb Telescope's orbit at L2. Covering the five UN space treaties, COPUOS and ATLAC, IAU naming conventions, LCROSS and the water discoveries, lunar geography and the Einstein Crater trap, Lagrange points, and Kessler syndrome — with concept-based MCQs.

Space ki Kahani: Rules Kaise Bane Jab Zameen hi Nahi Thi

Chai pe kahani style mein — Outer Space Treaty se leke Shiv Shakti Point tak, LCROSS se leke James Webb Telescope tak, ek immersive journey. Sputnik ke us ek din se shuru, jab pehli baar kisi ko yaad aaya ki aasman ki koi definition hi nahi hai — aur rules technology ke pahunchne se pehle likhne pade.

Prelims Practice — Science & Technology (2026-07-28)

Five Science & Technology MCQs on ground UPSC has not yet asked but is visibly circling — small modular reactors, CAR-T cell therapy, LIGO-India, India's first private orbital launch, and the National Quantum Mission.

Vikram-1 Orbital Launch — India's First Private Rocket Reaches Space

Skyroot's Vikram-1 is a regulatory success as much as a technological one — the 2020-24 reform chain that produced it, the Space Activities Act still missing, why reaching orbit once is not a launch business, and the 'operator to enabler' template India is exporting from UPI to space.