On the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s epochal album “Dark Side of the Moon” India joins the US, China and the Soviet Union in attempting a soft landing on the moon.
50 years, wow. I had the album – along with most of the rest of the planet! Those were the days when more than a few of the songs actually had some sort of meaning – even if it was acid induced! Haha.
A tribute - Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon - YouTube
Back to the launch.
From here:
Chandrayaan-3: India's historic Moon mission lifts off successfully - BBC News
“India has launched its third Moon mission, aiming to be the first to land near its little-explored south pole.
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft with an orbiter, lander and a rover lifted off at 14:35 on Friday (09:05 GMT) from Srihari Kota space centre.
The lander is due to reach the Moon on 23-24 August.”
“It comes 13 years after the country's first Moon mission in 2008, which carried out "the first and most detailed search for water on the lunar surface and established the Moon has an atmosphere during daytime", said Mylswamy Annadurai, project director of Chandrayaan-1.”
“Chandrayaan-2 - which also comprised an orbiter, a lander and a rover - was launched in July 2019 .. but the lander-rover failed to make a soft landing and crashed during touchdown.”
“Chandrayaan-3, which weighs 3,900kg and cost 6.1bn rupees ($75m; £58m), has the "same goals" as its predecessor - to ensure a soft-landing on the Moon's surface, he added.”
Out of interest, check out how much the cost of space travel has come down with advances in technology.
NASA: Cost of Apollo missions 1968-1972 | Statista
“Apollo 11, the first mission to successfully land man on the moon, cost approximately 355 million dollars, and the final mission, Apollo 17, cost approximately 450 million dollars.”
Maybe not apples and apples for a cost comparison.
Onwards
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It will never make it unless the script is followed.
Landing on the moon? It is a local light....plasma possibly. Good luck. Space is fake!