01-01-2020, 03:33 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-50965778
India has announced plans for a third lunar mission, months after its last one crash landed on the Moon's surface.
The chairman of India's space agency, K Sivan, said work was going "smoothly" on the Chandrayaan-3 unmanned mission.
He said the country was aiming to launch the mission in 2020 but that it "may spill over" to 2021.
If successful, it would make India the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, and boost its credentials as a low-cost space power.
So far, only Russia, the US and China have successfully put a mission on the Moon's surface.
Like I said in the thread about their previous mission, I do have to question the economics of this, especially when India still has so many people in poverty. However, after the disappointment of the last mission, it'd be nice if the scientists involved were rewarded with success this time .
Hopefully, they won't rush it: I'd rather have it land late than crash on time!
India has announced plans for a third lunar mission, months after its last one crash landed on the Moon's surface.
The chairman of India's space agency, K Sivan, said work was going "smoothly" on the Chandrayaan-3 unmanned mission.
He said the country was aiming to launch the mission in 2020 but that it "may spill over" to 2021.
If successful, it would make India the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, and boost its credentials as a low-cost space power.
So far, only Russia, the US and China have successfully put a mission on the Moon's surface.
Like I said in the thread about their previous mission, I do have to question the economics of this, especially when India still has so many people in poverty. However, after the disappointment of the last mission, it'd be nice if the scientists involved were rewarded with success this time .
Hopefully, they won't rush it: I'd rather have it land late than crash on time!
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