India's ambitious second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 was expected to make its soft landing on the surface of the moon last night.
Unfortunately, the lander losing communication with ground stations during its final descent just about 2.1 km away from the lunar surface near south pole in last 3 minutes. History depicts few interesting scorecard. Russia initiated moon landing program on 4 Jan 1963; it failed 11 times before their first success on 31 Jan 1966.
On positive note, this mission is 96% success; hope to receive some response from Vikram Lander in next day or two.
Just few minutes back, India's Prime Minister addressed the nation at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Bangalore.
Beyond political stand, his words are inspiring and motivating to every Indian. No failures in Science; only experiments and efforts in the learning journey. I can personally sense our great Rocket Scientists' sacrifice and PM's Leadership. Jai Hind!
After the failure notice, Indians across the globe could not sleep. Felt like it's our personal failure & should have contributed to ISRO.
What am I doing sitting here, when I should be part of this super proud team to build nation's space vision with High Quality & Low Cost. Being an Engineer, that's a life worth living.
News Ref: https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/chandrayaan-2-moon-landing-india-space-research-organisation-reactions-live-updates-1596237-2019-09-06
I agreed. I too wish to be part of the team ISRO. Proud to be an Indian. Thanks Ganesan for a crispy article.
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DeleteYes sir it's ambitious but acheivable. I would say it's not a failure it's a first milestone reached
ReplyDeleteNo failures in Science; only experiments and efforts in the learning journey
DeleteThanks Ganesan for this great article. Yesterday night, I was feverishly watching the descent live on YouTube. I couldn't sleep for few hours, after the lander lost communication in the last minute.
ReplyDeleteTrue Ezhil. That's the sprit of the patriotism
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ReplyDeleteThis article remembers me an incident happened a few years ago in iNautix when I and chairman was part of a coding/quiz competition finals. Ganesan sir was part of the committee which conducted it. We lost it and I was feeling a little low. While others were talking to the winning team, Ganesan sir came to us and said "Super pa. Nalla panninga. Kalakitinga..".���� Those few motivating words quickly made me feel good again and made a positive impact. ��
ReplyDeleteThank you, sir, for teaching how to handle failures and for motivating us .!! ��,
Humbled and honored to associate with you
DeleteThanks for writing up the article Ganesan, i am pretty sure we will do above and beyond and set foot in our next attempt.
ReplyDeletePositive motivations (like you) will make ISRO to achieve in next version.
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