How India's moon landing has boosted its self image | Hannah Abraham

The success of Chandrayaan-3 goes well beyond providing images from the moon ’s south pole“I let out an involuntary whoop when it landed,” my friend Shivansh told me. He was travelling on London Underground at the time. “Everyone on the tube was staring at me.”Shivansh is just one of millions of Indians all over the world who are celebrating the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lunar exploration mission. Indians even broke YouTube ’s record for livestreams, with more than 8 million people staying glued to their screens last Wednesday, as the spacecraft edged close to the lunar surface. The excitement is understandable, especially considering the fact that just four years ago, the preceding Chandrayaan lander crashed into th e moon after a software glitch.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Abraham Tags: India The moon Space Colonialism Science South and central Asia World news Source Type: news