Coimbatore, Nov 17: Even as India's maiden lunar probe
circles the moon, the Centre has given its approval for
Chandrayaan-II and it would be in orbit by 2012.
ISRO has started necessary research work for the next
mission for which the Centre has sanctioned necessary funds,
Chandrayaan-I Project Director Mylswamy Annadurai told
reporters. The second mission would be a fully indigenous one,
he said.
Chandrayan-I is the best thing to happen to Indian space
research and is designed to study the water availability and
fertile standards of moon, he said.
The moon mission has proved that India is on par with
any other nation which ventured to the earth's satellite, he
said.
Stating that the pictures being received from moon were
giving very valuable inputs, he said steps are being
made to get continuous pictures by making some technical
corrections.
Earlier, the Scientist was felicitated by the public at
different places in Coimbatore district for the successful
launch of the country's moon mission.
Accepting the felicitations, Annadurai exhorted the
students to shelve their foreign dreams as opportunities
were available within India.
The days of foreign students coming to India in pursuit
of research works and higher studies were not far away, he
said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, November 17, 2008, 00:00