Chandrayaan-2 was a flagship project of Indian Space and Research Organization. It was in two phases in which one was to place an orbiter into the lunar polar orbit and other was to land of lunar south pole and unwrap some hidden features of Moon. It was operated and well executed by ISRO Centre in Bengaluru but during the last phase of its task our lander deviated from the trajectory which was assigned to it. That might be happened because of environment present on Moon like the cramps, surface and the temperature. But we will receive information from orbiter for upcoming 6-7 yrs. This mission awaken the whole nation about science and technology and united us to feel proud . From the day of launching to the descent day whenever it was maneuvering to change the orbits and other maneuvers that took place during time to time in the last 30-35 days, everyone was aware of that. This never happened in the history of ISRO.
The efforts made by the ISRO team are very admirable. They did work for this mission for the past 8-9yrs and when they were just few seconds away from the accomplishment of their mission, the communication lost, this can be heartbreaking for anyone. One who gave ones last 8-9yrs for a single project and when he is just about to get the communication lost.
This is only reason why our ISRO chief broke down before our Prime Minister. This person earned his name in space organization by writing the software called SITARA which was used in the launch vehicles to control the rocket’s trajectory. He held from a very poor background, he revealed in an interview given to Deccan chronicle that he even did not had enough money to pay his fees for this he sold the mangoes in nearby market where he was born. This shows his dedication for his work. He was so dedicated to this mission that’s why when he was bidding farewell to Mr. Prime Minister he broke down before him and Mr. Prime Minister consoled him not as a head legislator of state but as a guardian to his offspring.
Actually what I think is that this is first space mission of India in which this lot of emotions was attached because before this mission only few persons excepting Astrologist and working professionals in space organization were aware about the space programs of ISRO. But this mission sowed the curiosity and awareness in our mind about Space programs and ISRO. This lander was not only carrying weight of 27kg rover but also the weight of the hopes of the millions of Indians. There is a huge storm of tweets, retweets, posts and other lots of stuff on social media. This kind of support I don’t think ISRO had ever achieved till Chandrayaan-2.
Whether we did not get satisfying results but science is not about results it is all about experiments and experiences, and with this mission we had a great experience and a lot more experiments to come.