Destination Moon India's Quest For The Moon, Mars And Beyond
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Author: Pallava Bagla, Subhadra Menon
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Added Date: 2020-12-10
Language: eng
Subjects: moon, space, chandrayaan
Collections: folkscanomy fiction, folkscanomy, additional collections
Pages Count: 300
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Fabled in songs and poetry, and romanticized by lovers down the ages, the earth's closest neighbour is still an enigma in material terms. Can it sustain life? Does it have water? How did it come into existence? And what is its exact relationship with the earth?
Chandrayaan-1, India's moon craft, will seek to unravel these and other mysteries in the most ambitious exploratory mission to the moon in decades. Conceptualised by Indian scientists, it is in some ways a global scientific endeavour, with European and American instruments hitching a ride on a lunar satellite and rocket designed and launched by the Indian Space Research Organization.
When the mission was first proposed in 1999, it seemed wildly optimistic to most people. Could a developing nation with limited resources afford to invest so much money, time and effort on research into outer space? Yet, almost a decade later, India's science community has proven beyond doubt that it is capable of meeting the most exacting challenges.
This book is a celebration of that achievement. It tells the story of the moon mission from conception to launch - the genesis, the plan, the people, the science. Based on reportage, interviews and most important of all, a deep understanding of the processes involved, Destination Moon is a lucidly written and comprehensive guide to India's engagement with outer space - past, present and future.
Contents
Foreword - Space Odyssey: Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan ix
Foreword - ISRO's Big Leap: Dr G. Madhavan Nair xxi
Preface - Moonstruck: Pallava Bagla xxvii
Introduction 1
1. Reaching for the Unknown: The Moon's Origins and the Search for Water 14
2. The Moon in the Indian Ethos 22
3. The World's Many Missions: From the Present into the Past 33
4. Beyond the Stratosphere: India's Space Programme 48
5. Chandrayaan: India's Shot at the Moon 81
6. The Future Is Here 112 Epilogue 124
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