India loses contact with its lander as it attempted to land on the moon

[OnTheWayOut]

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/wor...e9-9031-519885a08a86_story.html?noredirect=on

India was attempting to join the US, Russia and China in landing on the moon. Damn shame but this mission had a two fold purpose, the other was an orbiter which is successfully mapping the moon so if indeed the lander crashed at least half the mission was a success.

 

[Robert Mugabe]

So any hopes of a 711 up there are dashed for the moment?

 

[OnTheWayOut]

India says Vikram is sending data and are trying to determine what happened. NASA reports over the years lunar landings have a 60% success rate. Just as Israel's attempt failed recently, this is not uncommon. India did intentionally crash a probe on the moon in 2008, this was their first attempt at a lunar soft landing. There was a rover inside Vikram which was to explore the moon's south pole area for water and other useful minerals which could be used in constructing a space port on the moon.

Personally I think all the space related activity going on is pretty exciting. This is likely to be looked back at as the golden age of earth's space exploration. The private partnering with NASA and other nations around the globe to develop new technologies and exploration is pretty amazing. Lot's more going on then is largely reported. I'm geeking out over this stuff! Too bad I will likely be dead before we land on Mars or elsewhere...........

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

The moon said "thank you, come again"

 

[OnTheWayOut]

https://phys.org/news/2019-08-nasa-dangles-billion-carrot-moon.html

On our way ..........

 

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[hamermill]

What went wrong - made by India.

 

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Personally I think all the space related activity going on is pretty exciting. This is likely to be looked back at as the golden age of earth's space exploration. The private partnering with NASA and other nations around the globe to develop new technologies and exploration is pretty amazing. Lot's more going on then is largely reported. I'm geeking out over this stuff! Too bad I will likely be dead before we land on Mars or elsewhere...........

Space X is going to do it in the next 10 years by landing humans on mars. The moon for them will be by 2024 with humans landing provided nasa does not get there before. NASA's lunar plan is a two-stage approach: landing on the moon by 2024 and establishing a sustained base on and in orbit by 2028.

It’s exciting that all these countries and private companies are competing since there is all this potential.

I wonder what kind of politics will govern the moon and who will own what or is it first come first take lol. Regardless the next 6 years will answer these questions.

 

[sp free]

So any hopes of a 711 up there are dashed for the moment?

I am going to hell for laughing at this.

 

[Indiana]

Did they call Tech Support?

 

[OnTheWayOut]

Found it! They are trying to communicate with Vikram, the orbiter has some pictures but it is said it was a hard landing. It would be great if they could get the rover out and functioning but it's likely damaged.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/asia/india-moon-landing-signal-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

 

[luvyeah]

I sure hope they didn't shit on the moon like they do on the streets.

 

[great bear]

If India can land on the moon at the very least all the cows will be safe.

 

[Forrest White]

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) found the wreckage of Indian spacecraft on Earth's satellite. The reason for the unsuccessful landing of the Vikram probe on the moon was the sharp deceleration at the second stage of the descent.

 

[Ref]

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) found the wreckage of Indian spacecraft on Earth's satellite. The reason for the unsuccessful landing of the Vikram probe on the moon was the sharp deceleration at the second stage of the descent.

This can't be good for their insurance premiums on lunar vehicles.

 

[jerimander]

Maybe the spacecraft was the wrong caste.

 

[Forrest White]

This can't be good for their insurance premiums on lunar vehicles.

Well, this the start of the Indian space industry - and that's OK to have some failures, even NASA has lost lots of missions when began.

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Well if they are leaving, they should clean up their shit before they go.