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It’s landed! Congratulations to India on this great achievement!
by confuseddesi 3y ago
It’s landed! Congratulations to India on this great achievement!
- pipo234 3y agoCongrats to India!
- user_7832 3y agoIt’s brilliant! I think most Indians were really disappointed after the last failure, so it’s really reassuring that despite shooting further we were successful!
- bandyaboot 3y agoJust makes success that much sweeter. Well done India!
- ojosilva 3y agoIf you may: The peacock has landed! (Indian national bird)
- illegalmemory 3y agoI can see little kids waving flags and celebrating in my housing society! in 100s! Such a great feat and congratulations
- whoknowswhat11 3y agoWhy such a long political speech and no views from onboard camera?
- stall84 3y agoThe whole Prime Minister thing was bizarre to me .. He was like on the mission-control screen with his own panel .. it was just weird lol.. Even in the US where our presidents fancy themselves god's.. it still just had a weird perception from my point of view.. But I'm proud of the people that worked on and executed that mission for them. Obviously a moment of immense national pride, well deserved.
- hoseja 3y agoYou can see the onboard camera view in the background sometimes. And the only truly hard thing about this is getting the political will for the funding, so.
- whoknowswhat11 3y agoIs it still updating? Was hard to tell. But just 30 seconds of that would be great
- hoseja 3y agoActually not sure, the last image I caught didn't look particularly "landed".
- shri_krishna 3y ago> Why such a long political speech ISRO is primary arm of the Department of Space which is headed by the Prime Minister. So in essence, the Prime Minister is the boss. It is not an independent federal agency like NASA.
- factorialboy 3y agoIf my understanding is correct, did the PM in his speech promise to fund a future mission to Saturn?
- shri_krishna 3y agoI am sorry I did not pay close attention to his speech. But in the subsequent speech, I think the ISRO chief did talk about a Venus Orbiter Mission.
- shubhamkrm 3y agoIIRC, he mentioned missions to the Sun, Venus and a manned space mission.
- goku12 3y agoI really wish to see a lander mission to Venus. Doesn't look like anybody other than Russia has done it - that too nearly 40 years ago. The environment is so extreme that the technology - especially electronics - would have to be radically different. The data is also likely to be extremely interesting.
- basementcat 3y agoOne of the probes from Pioneer Venus 2 (launched by NASA in 1978) briefly sent back data after impacting the surface of Venus. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Venus_Multiprobe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Venus_Multiprobe
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- ape4 3y agoSo many words about "success" - how about some goodies?! (To be clear, I am happy for India, just think it could be presented better)
- whoknowswhat11 3y agoRight - they had a great camera running - let’s enjoy a few rolling frames of the same spot showing touchdown area and systems working
- dotnet00 3y agoUnfortunately all the national space agencies seem to suffer from this. Both NASA and ESA also seem to think that people are tuning in to watch the smarmy politician talk rather than the robot making its way to space/landing on another body. Had the same issue with JWST for example.
- whoknowswhat11 3y agoThat was very memorable- grainy photos projected on a wall while nasa admin (old white guy) briefed Biden? Jwst had a pretty well planned out program for first images including events and it just got crushed.
- sva_ 3y agoI can imagine that this is a HN-bubble thing. Most people would probably get bored from just seeing some live footage.
- Philip-J-Fry 3y agoSpaceX livestreams didn't get super popular for having a politician on them. They got popular for showing exactly what's happening with enthusiastic presenters narrating it. Most people find speeches and politicians boring. They wanna see rockets flying, robots moving, etc.
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- layer8 3y agoBecause the whole endeavor was financed for its political impact.
- samstave 3y agoThey dont want us to see the little green UAPs that closely monitor what we are doing :-)
- jp42 3y agoI absolutely agree that they should immediately release data & images for more technically inclined section. However the reason for speeches is entire nation is watching this event across all age group, most of them don't understand technical things, I would say even image of moon surface wont connect to most of them. Basically speeches is the way to connect & artists impression images. To give some example, people thing entire rocket goes to moon, one of the politician was wishing "passengers" on the spacecraft, reputed news channel claiming "breaking new" that there wont be delay in landing as if we can push breaks like in car or traffic on the way. So you get the point, to connect to masses they are speaking in language that everyone understand
- __void 3y agovery good, congratulations on the achievement!
- hojinkoh 3y agoCongratulations to India!
- zerojames 3y agoCongratulations to India! Every time I read of launches to space, I think (and sometimes say aloud) "wow!" It is awesome in the traditional sense of the world.
- kordlessagain 3y agoNow it needs to find the alien base hidden at the South Pole! All joking aside, great work by this team!
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- jshmrsn 3y agoI get the point that the US already put people on the moon… but how can you possibly make the leap that there can be no scientific value to additional unmanned laboratories and instruments landing on the moon? Especially since this represents increasing the number of countries who can contribute to this scientific endeavor? If the US elects a president who is not interested in lunar science or has economic problems, then the whole world must wait for the US to decide to resume lunar missions? An overview of the scientific instruments onboard: “ Lander payloads: Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) to measure the thermal conductivity and temperature; Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA) for measuring the seismicity around the landing site; Langmuir Probe (LP) to estimate the plasma density and its variations. A passive Laser Retroreflector Array from NASA is accommodated for lunar laser ranging studies. Rover payloads: Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) for deriving the elemental composition in the vicinity of landing site. Chandrayaan-3 consists of an indigenous Lander module (LM), Propulsion module (PM) and a Rover with an objective of developing and demonstrating new technologies required for Inter planetary missions. The Lander will have the capability to soft land at a specified lunar site and deploy the Rover which will carry out in-situ chemical analysis of the lunar surface during the course of its mobility. The Lander and the Rover have scientific payloads to carry out experiments on the lunar surface. The main function of PM is to carry the LM from launch vehicle injection till final lunar 100 km circular polar orbit and separate the LM from PM. Apart from this, the Propulsion Module also has one scientific payload as a value addition which will be operated post separation of Lander Module.” https://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan3_Details.html https://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan3_Details.html
- bambax 3y ago> I get the point that the US already put people on the moon I didn't mention the US and I'm not from the US (I'm French). Humanity landed on the moon. Over 50 years ago. If a country today built a 1969 computer I wouldn't marvel at the achievement. And yes, sure, there are probably many instruments on board. But you can tell from the video -- and all the excitement here as well -- that this is mainly political and politically motivated. > If the US elects a president who is not interested in lunar science or has economic problems, then the whole world must wait for the US to decide to resume lunar missions? Or maybe do something else with our limited time and ressources than trying again to analyze the lunar surface and pretend it will be useful? While planting friggin' flags all over the place?
- mrtksn 3y agoOne of the most populous countries has become a strong contender in space exploration. Hopefully, it will inspire so many more Indians to push it further and elevate the humanity, just like USA and USSR once did. It's great.
- samstave 3y agoThey dont want us to see the little green UAPs that closely monitor what we are doing :-)
- hackernewds 3y agoAlso here come the British news lamenting about how India is wasting money instead of focusing on their poor. Slumdog Millionaire mentality.
- mcpackieh 3y agoNASA often gets the same treatment, particularly so during the Apollo program when they were getting a lot of money. It doesn't matter the country, a lot of people don't see the sense in spending a single pence on space. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/14/apollo-11-civil-rights-black-america-moon https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/14/apollo-11-ci...
- somenameforme 3y agoOne of my favorite quotes is, "When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger." So pertinent, but also with so absurdly much imagery, symbolism, and metaphor packed into just a few words. But perhaps the most remarkable thing is that that quote's 2500 years old. Technology changes so much, but we largely seem to be the exact same people we were even thousands of years in the past.
- GordonS 3y agoAlso the British news when money is spent on the poor: "Scamming Scavs with 17 Kids Showered with Tax-Payer's Money". Most British news outlets really are a scourge on our society.
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