Anxious, but optimistic: Mood at Isro as Chandrayaan-2 Moon landing nears



"Let's pray for the successful soft-landing" -- that pretty much sums up the mood at Isro ahead of Saturday's highly crucial event of the Chandrayaan-2 mission.
Nervous and anxious for sure, but the city-headquartered space agency is cautiously optimistic of "Vikram" module's soft-landing on the Lunar surface planned in the early hours of Saturday.
"Everybody is tight-lipped. I am also tight lipped. Let the event be over", a senior official associated with the mission said on Thursday.
"Every body's mind is only on what's happening in the (Chandrayaan-2) spacecraft and lander ('Vikram'). Let's all pray for the successful soft-landing," the official said.
Chairman of Isro (Indian Space Research Organisation) K Sivan recently said the space agency "had done everything humanly possible" for the mission's success.
Top space scientists have also expressed confidence about the success of the ambitious venture. Read More



Article Source -> Business Standard

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