Another thing,the whole country stayed awake for a scientific victory. When is the last time that happened here? Young generation n youth has gotten very enthusiastic about astronomy n space research due to ISRO. Many will persue astrophysics due to ISRO. It's a career full of good opportunities now due to ISRO.
I see so many positive points to be be excited about. I'm very excited for ISRO in coming years
chandrayaan2 Status: why Isro's mission is not a failure despite landing setback.
Only 5% Of Chandrayaan 2 Lost, Orbiter Can Take Moon Pics: ISRO Official
All India | Reported by Pallava Bagla, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Updated: September 07, 2019 11:14 IST
The Chandrayaan 2 mission stood out because of its low cost of about $140 million.
BENGALURU:
India's first attempt to land on the Moon may have gone off-script but the ambitious Chandrayaan 2 mission has been far from a flop. With a mission life of one year, the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter remains in operation and will continue to study the Moon from afar.
"Only 5 per cent of the mission has been lost - Vikram the lander and Pragyan the rover - while the remaining 95 per cent - that is the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter - is orbiting the moon successfully," an official of the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO told news agency IANS.
The orbiter can take several pictures of the moon and send it to the ISRO over the next year. The orbiter can take pictures of the lander to find out its status too, the ISRO official added. The rover inside the lander had a lifespan of only 14 days.
The successful launch of Chandrayaan 2 on board the giant GSLV Mark 3 rocket and its insertion in the lunar orbit will be seen as a testament to India's frugal space programme. The accomplishment has been likened by experts to firing a bullet from a moving train towards a target on another moving train hundreds of thousands of kilometres apart.
The Chandrayaan 2 mission stood out because of its low cost of about $140 million. The United States spent the equivalent of more than $100 billion on its Apollo missions. The mission also holds great significance for future space exploration missions, including those to Mars.
On Saturday, contact was lost with the Moon lander Vikram just before it was due to touch down near the lunar south pole. A successful landing would have made India the fourth country -- after the United States, Russia and China -- to successfully land on the Moon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi watched the operation from the ISRO mission control and later asked the scientists to not "lose hope".
But following several tense minutes as the expected landing time of about 1:55 am lapsed, ISRO Chairman K Sivan announced that communication had been lost with the lander.
ISRO had acknowledged before the landing that it was a complex manoeuvre, which Dr Sivan called "15 minutes of terror".
"It is like suddenly somebody comes and gives you a newborn baby in your hands. Will you be able to hold without proper support? The baby will move this way, that way but we should hold it," he had told NDTV.
(With inputs from agencies)
Originally posted by: Golden-dew
ISRO recieved what it required. Na kam na zyaada. And ISRO achieved 95% of the mission objective. The main mission is the orbiter which has been deployed and is in good health. What happened to the lander is sad but it still reached moon surface. Once the data is collected and analysed am sure scientists and engineers will have very valuable findings from it which will help them in handling even more difficult maneuvers. SLV's failure did not stop them from developing PSLV n GSLV instead made them more reliable and strong. Same would be the case with this one too. NASA lost humans to space... ISRO should strive to make sure that never happens to our astronauts and such set backs help them improve their skills at handling pressure better.
True that!.. its not only 95... is 99% success.😊 I also saw so many appreciative tweets world over except from one country for obvious reasons.
I think our next mission is sun orbiter Aditya.. goodluck n godspeed to ISRO fr that.
I do appreciate it, I am still not criticising it but the fact that when mission like this fails it not only affects ISRO but it affects whole economy, not just the goverment, not just engineers and scientists but normal civilians as well. On top of that, India is still growing. It's not a developed country like USA or Russia or China. We have a lot more to achieve, probably morr better than landing on moon and yes its a big deal when it has large amount of investment.Originally posted by: Billi_Bangalan
Only people who understand and value science know what use these important missions have especially in future. You certainly can't.
Ignorant Indians critisise even satellites not knowing the humongous amount of tasks it's already doing to help the modern man.
Ignorants.
If you can't understand leave it at that. The others will keep doing it. BURN.
It makes me angry to see, the amount of name calls I get from just pointing out my opinion : Burn & ignorant.
Hey, Just better be out of my way next time or else be ready to get name called in return as well. Because @Billi Bangalan ,If you can't respect my opinion, I am not going to respect yours too. Hope, is it clear and fair enough. I don't believe in report and all.
Journalism at it's lowest. Look at the poor scientists face. They're simple hardworking people, n media is pouncing on him
https://twitter.com/iAnkurSingh/status/1170097437530157056?s=19
True that!.. its not only 95... is 99% success.😊 I also saw so many appreciative tweets world over except from one country for obvious reasons.
I think our next mission is sun orbiter Aditya.. goodluck n godspeed to ISRO fr that.
Those who are mocking are only showing their pettiness and upbringing... exposing themselves 😁
Yes next is Aditya and there is one planned for the Venus but I think that will happen post Gaganyaan mission.
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