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India’s Chandrayaan-2 prepares for historic moon landing

September 5, 2019

…changing paradigm for women – High Commissioner

All eyes will be on India as it creates history by landing its second lunar mission on the moon this Friday.

Chandrayaan-2 launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, India, on July 22, 2019

The “Chandrayaan-2” mission was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on July 22, leaving the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in southern Andhra Pradesh. It weighs 3.8 tonnes and has three elements: lunar orbiter, lander and rover.
According to the ISRO, the touchdown is scheduled for late Friday afternoon, which would be early Saturday morning India time. The mission will be studying previously discovered water deposits.
If all goes well then India will become the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the moon and the first to land towards the lunar South Pole.
Thus far, only the United States, Russia and China have put landing crafts on the moon. Israel had attempted to join the elite club but failed in April.
Speaking with Guyana Times on Wednesday, Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr K J Srinivasa explained that this mission is the second phase and an upgraded version of Chandrayaan-1, which successfully landed on the moon in 2008.
“This mission will be used to explore the topography of the lunar surface, the middle content and mostly important, the presence of water on the moon,” he explained, adding that it is “intended to be sort of a technology demonstrator for future planning, management, development and also the organisation of inter-planet remissions and also to see how we can use the moon as a preparatory platform for using India’s technology in future missions”.
According to the diplomat, Chandrayaan-2, which he said means “mission to moon”, displays a lot of confidence in India’s technological prowess. He pointed out that India’s steady growth of 7 per cent GDP is not only because of one particular sector but an amalgamation of all. This, he noted, is part of India’s aim of becoming the fifth largest economy in the world and having successes such as the Chandrayaan-2 mission will propel these efforts, especially on the technological education front.
“Success breeds interests and for us, we are seeing this as a trailer for bigger things to come,” he posited.
Dr Srinivasa reminded that Indian ancestors had vast knowledge of space and this serves as an additional impetus for the country to work on new technologies and also promoting science in India.
“Science has help mankind to develop and the sudden explosion of development, science had everything to do with that…” he contended.
Currently, he noted that Indian students, especially researchers, have helped the country develop great interests in the science field and these people have evolved into experts who are flourishing abroad. In fact, he highlighted a recent study which shows that more than half of NASA’s scientists are Indians.
“So when such missions happen, it helps promote science at a micro level,” he stated, noting that India’s education sector is geared at encouraging more people to go into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) areas.
Dr Srinivasa noted that the country’s previous space missions – lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 in 2008 and its mission to Mars in 2014 – garnered tremendous interests and scientific developments. One of which, he explained, is cost.
According to the diplomat, the general notion of space missions is that it is a very costly exercise. But he noted that India has been able to develop a low budget mission despite being a developing country. This, he noted, is depicted in the Hindi-cinema movie “Mission Mangal”, which portrays the country’s journey to Mars using a low-cost model to become the first country in the world to reach Mars in its first attempt.
Furthermore, Dr Srinivasa asserted that Chandrayaan-2 is blazing the trail for future generations having brought young scientists, especially women scientists, to the fore.
The Project Director of Chandrayaan-2 is Muthayya Vanitha while the Mission Director is Ritu Karidhal – both engineers at the ISRO. However, the Indian High Commissioner noted that the way was paved for females since the Chandrayaan-1 mission.
“That changed the paradigm of how space exploration and women’s [involvement] were being looked at. The proverbial glass ceiling has been broken…,” he noted.
Recognising that encouragement for women had been previously lacking both at home and in the professional environment for varying reasons, this is now becoming a thing of the past.
“But in this modern era, I think [women] are being given a safer involvement, a secure involvement in the laboratories and working fields. It has helped them to get their talents to be exposed to the fullest,” he said.
The Indian diplomat added, “This is the new India, brave India or, I would say, bold India which we are seeing now. Women especially have had a very important role in India and this will actually help them to get into more scientific streams, get into space explorations, and also at the same time contribute meaningfully to the development of the country”.

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Former Member

Is Nehru going on this trip? Maybe the next spacecraft will be named Gandhi or Nehru.

9/5/1912:28 PM

NehruBig Mouth Member

BHARAT MATA KI JAI!!!! The Country have a vast number of Einsteins!! Jai Shree Krishna!!

9/5/1912:30 PM

Former Member

This, he noted, is depicted in the Hindi-cinema movie “Mission Mangal”, which portrays the country’s journey to Mars using a low-cost model to become the first country in the world to reach Mars in its first attempt.

Man using Bollywood as example

9/5/1912:35 PM

kpHonorary Member

The Black brothers would not like the post, Caribj, Django, Prince et al. As Trump would say it's Fake News. To answer a poster question, Why Indians don't come to Guyana, Well they are going to the MOON.

9/5/1912:35 PM

Former Member

Nehru posted:
BHARAT MATA KI JAI!!!! The Country have a vast number of Einsteins!! Jai Shree Krishna!!

Trump is the King of Israel and he is the Einstein of America. End of story.

9/5/1912:35 PM

NehruBig Mouth Member

Trump is Dog Doo Doo

9/5/1912:40 PM

Former Member

Nehru posted:
Trump is Dog Doo Doo

I am on my anniversary leave starting tomorrow until whenever.

9/5/1912:45 PM

Former Member

Prince posted:
Nehru posted:
Trump is Dog Doo Doo
I am on my anniversary leave starting tomorrow until whenever.

Who cares or gives a shit about your waste time?

9/5/1912:51 PM

kpHonorary Member

skeldon_man posted:
Prince posted:
Nehru posted:
Trump is Dog Doo Doo
I am on my anniversary leave starting tomorrow until whenever.
Who cares or gives a shit about your waste time?

He is giving his Batty a break.

9/5/1912:55 PM

PrashadSenior Member

The moon south pole is very cold.

9/5/1912:57 PM

Bibi HaniffaGNI Queen

India will be the first country to become a superpower on pure brainpower.

9/5/191:18 PM

Bibi HaniffaGNI Queen

kp posted:
The Black brothers would not like the post, Caribj, Django, Prince et al. As Trump would say it's Fake News. To answer a poster question, Why Indians don't come to Guyana, Well they are going to the MOON.

Trump just nominated an Indian woman as US District Court Judge.

9/5/191:23 PM

NehruBig Mouth Member

Bibi, something about a large # of Indians and super Intelligence. A study needs to be done so that it can be spread to others like the PNC!!!

9/5/191:26 PM

Former Member

Prince posted:
Nehru posted:
Trump is Dog Doo Doo
I am on my anniversary leave starting tomorrow until whenever.

Heee heee heeeeeeeeee

Looks like dee Princess got the royal "boot" from the company and she has no job so she will be collecting little pieces every way to survive.

9/5/191:52 PM

Former Member

Nehru posted:
Bibi, something about a large # of Indians and super Intelligence. A study needs to be done so that it can be spread to others like the PNC!!!

Indians are intelligent and resourceful. They just need to be more modest and stop chewing and spitting pan!

9/5/192:12 PM

Former Member

India is competing with China. 🇨🇳 They believe America has a secret military base on the moon. The space race is survival for the world's economic powers.

9/5/193:15 PM

Former Member

De hardest part of de trip is now. Aluh doan celebrate yet. How come pavi suh pagalee and he seh Indos smart and resource? Hey hey hey.

9/5/194:47 PM

DjangoAdmin

Bibi Haniffa posted:
India will be the first country to become a superpower on pure brainpower.

Suh what kind of power made the other countries superpower ? you does talk with sense.

9/5/195:28 PM

Former Member

Django posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
India will be the first country to become a superpower on pure brainpower.
Suh what kind of power made the other countries superpower ? you does talk with sense.

I was wondering but let it be!!

9/5/195:32 PM

NehruBig Mouth Member

Bhai Bibi smart, some became so with Gun Powder, Bombs and Bullets!!! US might still have been Commancheros Country if not for B &B.

9/5/195:34 PM

sachin_05Senior Member

Bibi Haniffa posted:
India will be the first country to become a superpower on pure brainpower.

Why can't they use their brain power to provide basic hygiene for their poplace? Instead of gazing at the moon....

9/5/195:49 PM

Former Member

Nehru posted:
Bhai Bibi smart, some became so with Gun Powder, Bombs and Bullets!!! US might still have been Commancheros Country if not for B &B.

The US and Russia are the top brain powers of the world. China is 20 years behind and India at least 50. The Europeans are also very innovative, ahead of China. All this is based on brain power translated to hard power in terms of economic and military!

Brain power is what make them all superpowers. India still lacks innovation. However, they are getting there....slowly! Don’t be fooled by sheer numbers.

9/5/196:42 PM

Former Member

sachin_05 posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
India will be the first country to become a superpower on pure brainpower.
Why can't they use their brain power to provide basic hygiene for their poplace? Instead of gazing at the moon....

It’s two different challenges.

9/5/196:44 PM

seignetSenior Member

Baseman posted:
Nehru posted:
Bhai Bibi smart, some became so with Gun Powder, Bombs and Bullets!!! US might still have been Commancheros Country if not for B &B.
The US and Russia are the top brain powers of the world. China is 20 years behind and India at least 50. The Europeans are also very innovative, ahead of China. All this is based on brain power translated to hard power in terms of economic and military!
Brain power is what make them all superpowers. India still lacks innovation. However, they are getting there....slowly! Don’t be fooled by sheer numbers.

White ppl are smart.

9/5/196:45 PM

kpHonorary Member

Baseman posted:
Django posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
India will be the first country to become a superpower on pure brainpower.
Suh what kind of power made the other countries superpower ? you does talk with sense.
I was wondering but let it be!!

Man choose to measure by military might.

9/5/196:55 PM

Former Member

kp posted:
Baseman posted:
Django posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
India will be the first country to become a superpower on pure brainpower.
Suh what kind of power made the other countries superpower ? you does talk with sense.
I was wondering but let it be!!
Man choose to measure by military might.

Banna, stop being a lil patacake. The military serves as an incubator of many break through technology which makes its way into the General society.

9/5/1910:46 PM

Former Member

India's ISRO says lander lost on final approach to moon located

Space agency says Chandrayaan-2 lander module located on lunar surface, a day after it lost contact with space station.

ISRO chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan displays a model of Chandrayaan-2 orbiter and rover during a news conference last month [File: Aijaz Rahi/AP]

The lander module from India's moon mission has been located on the lunar surface, a day after it lost contact with the space station, and efforts are under way to try to establish contact with it, the head of the country's space agency said.

The Press Trust of India news agency cited Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan as saying that the cameras from the moon mission's orbiter had located the lander on Sunday.

"It must have been a hard landing," PTI quoted Sivan as saying.

ISRO officials could not be reached for a comment, said The Associated Press news agency.

The space agency said it lost touch with the Vikram lunar lander on Saturday as it made its final approach to the moon's south pole to deploy a rover to search for signs of water.

A successful landing would have made India just the fourth country to land a vessel on the lunar surface, and only the third to operate a robotic rover there.

The space agency said on Saturday that the lander's descent was normal until two kilometres from the lunar surface.

The roughly $140m mission, known as Chandrayaan-2, was intended to study permanently shadowed moon craters thought to contain water deposits that were confirmed by a previous Chandrayaan-1 mission in 2008.

The latest mission lifted off on July 22 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

After its launch, Chandrayaan-2 spent several weeks making its way towards the moon, ultimately entering the lunar orbit on August 20.

The Vikram lander separated from the mission's orbiter on September 2 and began a series of braking manoeuvres to lower its orbit and ready itself for landing.

Only three nations - the United States, the former Soviet Union and China - have successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon.

ANI ✔ @ANI

#WATCH PM Narendra Modi hugged and consoled ISRO Chief K Sivan after he(Sivan) broke down. #Chandrayaan2

9/8/194:33 PM

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India’s Chandrayaan-2 prepares for historic moon landing

…changing paradigm for women – High Commissioner

All eyes will be on India as it creates history by landing its second lunar mission on the moon this Friday.

This, he noted, is depicted in the Hindi-cinema movie “Mission Mangal”, which portrays the country’s journey to Mars using a low-cost model to become the first country in the world to reach Mars in its first attempt.

India's ISRO says lander lost on final approach to moon located

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