Chandrayan 3 celebrations and discussions Thread

[coffee_rules]

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Edited September 2, 2023 by coffee_rules

[diga]

Aditya onto the Surya Deva 

[coffee_rules]

On 9/3/2023 at 5:39 AM, diga said:

Aditya onto the Surya Deva 

Like a Bal Hanuman

[Lord]

On 9/2/2023 at 10:31 PM, coffee_rules said:

It is a probe and an orbiter like Mangalyaan -1. Lander and rover obviously excites people more 

 

On 9/3/2023 at 12:44 AM, Lone Wolf said:

India would have exploded if we had a landing mission on Mars...  This is a orbiter mission hence not a lot of excitement.  Not a lot of build up to it as well planned by ISRO.  So it was a medium low key event. 

 

Hopefully such events would boost partnerships with Western space agencies when it comes to R&D programs & we keep improving provided they are willing to share tech. 

Obviously can't be a lander on the sun

 

But India's first solar mission and successful

[Khota]

I just read somewhere they did not put heaters on the rover so the odds of it waking up are negligible.

[Khota]

It did not wake up. I guess ISRO knows the tradeoffs.

[Lone Wolf]

28 minutes ago, Khota said:

It did not wake up. I guess ISRO knows the tradeoffs.

Heard batteries expired sooner due to extreme cold so it was a long shot in the first place. 

 

Hopefully next Rover on Mars after 2030 landing mission would rival Chinese one. 

Edited September 25, 2023 by Lone Wolf

[DeepSpace]

Having worked in this area of space exploration, I truly admire what ISRO has done for the cost it incurred. It is a fantastic feat. If NASA were to do a similar mission, the cost would have easily been 10x (not justified even considering the cost of labor differences between India and US).

 

Kudos to ISRO!