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[sono]

India is hoping to make history on Wednesday by becoming the first nation to land near the Moon's south pole.
One of the mission's major goals is to hunt for water-based ice, which scientists say could support human habitation on the Moon in future.
If Chandrayaan-3 is successful, India will be only the fourth country to have achieved a soft landing on the Moon.
India's attempt comes just days after Russia's Luna-25 crashed while trying to touch down in the same region.
The south pole of the Moon holds special promise in the search for water ice. The surface area that remains in permanent shadow there is huge, and scientists say it means there is a possibility of water in these areas.

India Moon mission lander Vikram aims for historic lunar south pole landing

If successful, India will be only the fourth country to have achieved a soft landing on the Moon.

www.bbc.co.uk

Just over 30minutes at time of writing..

 

[k_trout]

thanks for the link watching now

 

[sono]

less than 27km above the surface , less than 15min to go

 

[sono]

 

[sono]

5minutes!

 

[winjer]

If they manage to succeed, it will be a great victory for India.
Especially considering the failure of the Russian craft a few days ago.

 

[sono]

They did it!! Everyone is cheering!

WELL DONE INDIA

 

[midnightAI]

Now send out that rover to have a look at the Russian lander wreckage

 

[sono]

Chandrayaan-3’s lander touches down on the lunar surface, making India the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the Moon’s south pole.

All previous missions to the Moon have touched down near the equator - but exploring the south pole is key to the hunt for water.

Scientists now hope to deploy a rover to send images and data back to Earth

 

[sono]

The India Prime Minister is saying it isnt just a success for India, but all of humanity. (which is awesome)

 

[Chittagong]

Incredible. A real show of power for India - education, R&D, science, industry.

 

[Sybrix]

Is it just me that thinks sort your country out first before going to the moon?

Perhaps help the millions in poverty, the ones with missing limbs that crawl along busy roads in New Delhi and countless other cities?

 

[kurisu_1974]

Incredible. A real show of power for India - education, R&D, science, industry.

They skipped sewers and human rights to go straight for the moon!

 

[Thaedolus]

They skipped sewers and human rights to go straight for the moon!

is on perm warning for being a low level troll

Great job India!

 

[midnightAI]

Is it just me that thinks sort your country out first before going to the moon?

Perhaps help the millions in poverty, the ones with missing limbs that crawl along busy roads in New Delhi and countless other cities?

I mean, you could say the same thing about the rest of the world, in an ideal world I suppose we should stop the advancement of human kind and sort all our shit out first, doesn't work that way though. (Russia is in the middle of a war, sorry, special military operation, and they managed to find time to crash a lander on the moon)

 

[TheMan]

Congratulations to them. Monumental amount of effort to successfully build, fly, and land a spacecraft like that.

 

[Lord Panda]

Is it just me that thinks sort your country out first before going to the moon?

Perhaps help the millions in poverty, the ones with missing limbs that crawl along busy roads in New Delhi and countless other cities?

Both sets of objectives and efforts can coexist.

 

[winjer]

Impressive result for India.
Their people must be proud of such an achievement.

 

[DosGamer]

Congrats to India. What an achievement for their country and man kind.

 

[Romulus]

It's incredible but also put things into perspective that 54 years after the first moon landing that this is still a momenutal task for humanity.

54 years before the moon landing most everyone was using a horse a buggy still with a few cars sprinkled about.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Congrats India, huge W

Is it just me that thinks sort your country out first before going to the moon?

Perhaps help the millions in poverty, the ones with missing limbs that crawl along busy roads in New Delhi and countless other cities?

There's always this type of concern trolling when this happens. Creating high tech high paying jobs in the country IS a way to raise it up, isn't it? And do you even know how much poverty in India has fallen over the last few years?

UN praises 'remarkable' India as 415 million exit poverty levels in 15 years

In April, India surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation with 142.86 crore people, according to UN data.

www.hindustantimes.com

Abject poverty is even more through the floor. This isn't the India of the 90s. Yeah it has problems but if all it did was feed the poor and not invest in high tech programs like this, nothing would change, and the poverty rate would have stayed flat.

 

[Sybrix]

Congrats India, huge W



There's always this type of concern trolling when this happens. Creating high tech high paying jobs in the country IS a way to raise it up, isn't it? And do you even know how much poverty in India has fallen over the last few years?

UN praises 'remarkable' India as 415 million exit poverty levels in 15 years

In April, India surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation with 142.86 crore people, according to UN data.

www.hindustantimes.com

Abject poverty is even more through the floor. This isn't the India of the 90s. Yeah it has problems but if all it did was feed the poor and not invest in high tech programs like this, nothing would change, and the poverty rate would have stayed flat.

Not trolling, genuine question.

And clearly it's not exclusively India, plenty of other countries where there are questions over where resources should be allocated, it's just this thread is India specific.

 

[Ownage]

This benefits everyone.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Didn’t know that that part of the moon wasn’t explored.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Not trolling, genuine question.

And clearly it's not exclusively India, plenty of other countries where there are questions over where resources should be allocated, it's just this thread is India specific.

Again though, if all you did was feed the poor, there would never be less poor

India raised half a billion people out of poverty in recent years, and keeping high tech jobs in the country is a good way to raise the average salary, keep a bunch of big brains running around in the country which benefits everyone, etc

 

[jason10mm]

I'm just imagining the elaborate song and dance the entire control room spontaneously broke into.

 

[AJUMP23]

Way to go India.

 

[Durien]

Does this mean it is easier to get to the moon than clean up the Ganges?
It is a kick ass accomplishment for sure.

 

[Chittagong]

They skipped sewers and human rights to go straight for the moon!

So kinda like Kyrgyzstan, people shit into holes in the ground but rock iPhone 14 Pros

 

[sono]

BBC Summary Video

 

[Pegasus Actual]

 

[Raonak]

That's very fucking cool

Not trolling, genuine question.

And clearly it's not exclusively India, plenty of other countries where there are questions over where resources should be allocated, it's just this thread is India specific.

What exactly is your point? No innovation or research until poverty is solved?

Unfortunately, even the most prosperous countries have poverty. It's not really something money can fix.
And they're completely different fields anyway. It's not like you're gonna ask your whole space department to go help the economy.

 

[AJUMP23]

How many telemarketers are in the moon now?

 

[PSYGN]

Congratulations! I will celebrate with curry tonight.

 

[jason10mm]

How many telemarketers are in the moon now?

I'm sure that lunar rover is ABSOLUTLEY sure it's power cord is in fact plugged in and turned on

 

[EviLore]

Congrats to India, major step forward!

 

[What A Shame...]

Livestream from the Moon right now:

 

[midnightAI]

That's very fucking cool




What exactly is your point? No innovation or research until poverty is solved?

Unfortunately, even the most prosperous countries have poverty. It's not really something money can fix.
And they're completely different fields anyway. It's not like you're gonna ask your whole space department to go help the economy.

No, no, no, I think what they are trying to say is too much money is spent on technology so sack all those people and then share out their earnings to the... people who.. dont... have.... jobs.... ah, I see the problem there

 

[sono]

Video of their rover driving out onto the surface!

India's Chandrayaan-3 rover reveals remarkable first video as it rolls out onto eerie unexplored side of the moon

INCREDIBLE footage has shown the moment India’s lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 deployed its rover on the moon for the first time. The Indian Space Research Organisation released a new video o…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

No, no, no, I think what they are trying to say is too much money is spent on technology so sack all those people and then share out their earnings to the... people who.. dont... have.... jobs.... ah, I see the problem there

Sounds like socialism to me and you know how that usually works out lol

 

[sono]

The mission has already discovered some new information about the south pole, including that the temperature variation with depth and the insulating properties of the lunar regolith that are both positive for building habitation structures there.