India’s second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, has evoked great interest in Western media and scientific journals, with many saying the mission that costs less than half of the budget of Hollywood blockbuster “Avengers Endgame” will put India in league with lunar pioneers – the US, Russia and China.
The Chandrayaan-2 mission, that takes off exactly 50 years after the astronauts of Apollo II made their historic voyage to the Sea of Tranquillity on the Moon, will attempt a historic touchdown near the Moon’s south pole, “where water ice lurks in permanently shadowed craters”.Read More…
