Chandrayaan to help Nasa pick lunar base
This could be the Indian space programme's finest moment. India's moon craft Chandrayaan-I will guide Nasa scientists to the best spot on the moon to set up an international human station in 2020.
The Indian obiter has beamed home exhaustive data on the polar regions of the earth's nearest astral neighbour. Mini-SAR (mini-synthetic aperture radar), one of the instruments designed and built by American scientists, has provided a first-of-its-kind insight into the darkest, coldest regions of the moon's poles, contributing to a better grasp of the lunar environment. These details will be used as critical inputs to handpick the best place for the station and future landing missions.
"If we discover water ice, and it is close to the poles, it will be another reason for landing in that region," said Dr Ben Bussey, deputy principal investigator, MiniSAR.
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The Indian obiter has beamed home exhaustive data on the polar regions of the earth's nearest astral neighbour. Mini-SAR (mini-synthetic aperture radar), one of the instruments designed and built by American scientists, has provided a first-of-its-kind insight into the darkest, coldest regions of the moon's poles, contributing to a better grasp of the lunar environment. These details will be used as critical inputs to handpick the best place for the station and future landing missions.
"If we discover water ice, and it is close to the poles, it will be another reason for landing in that region," said Dr Ben Bussey, deputy principal investigator, MiniSAR.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.asianage.com
Labels: india monn craft, indian spacecraft, landing missions, lunar envuronment, mini sar, moon poless, NASA, NASA scientists
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