Tricolour is set to hit the Moon this evening
The Tricolour will be on the lunar surface on Friday evening when the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on board Chandrayaan-I is ejected from the mothership, ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair told reporters today. This will pave the way for future touch downs, including manned missions.
Apart from the symbolism that the flag bears, the 35-kg MIP has the scientific objectives of learning and perfecting pin-point accuracy in landing, studying the atmosphere during its descent, and to qualify technologies related to soft landings for moon rovers.
After its journey that started October 22, the main orbiter has zeroed in on the moon at an altitude of 100 km to study its poles through a mission period of two years. The landing would be on the southern pole.
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Apart from the symbolism that the flag bears, the 35-kg MIP has the scientific objectives of learning and perfecting pin-point accuracy in landing, studying the atmosphere during its descent, and to qualify technologies related to soft landings for moon rovers.
After its journey that started October 22, the main orbiter has zeroed in on the moon at an altitude of 100 km to study its poles through a mission period of two years. The landing would be on the southern pole.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit:
http://epaper.indianexpress.com/IE/IEH/2008/11/14/index.shtml
Labels: Chandrayaan-I, ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair, lunar surface, Moon Impact Probe, mothership, soft landings for moon rovers, Tricolour
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Hello! three cheers to this Indian lunar marvel! but do we really need that? being a country having the largest BPL citizens, shouldn't the top priority be given to eradication of poverty, anti-corruption spells, proper education moves,etc.The multi billion expenditure needed other issues rather than this.why are we in dire need to join the league of USA,UK,RUSSIA OR EU? they did all their space missions after strengthening their framework.But we are doing it as if we deliberately want to ignore our hurdles.This 'PSEUDO FEEL GOOD SENSE' will not land-up anywhere but in the dark.I am not being a habitual criticizer of my country's achievements rather i boast of it, but was this lunar triumph really inevitable?...
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