The Chandrayaan-2 mission was hit by the failure of Vikram Lander to land successfully on the moon, but this is unlikely to delay India's planned manned space mission.
 |
| Photo (https://unsplash.com/photos/V4ZksNimxLk) |
Depression has spread across the country as India's record failed to land on the lander in a planned manner. The record lander carrying his Pragyan rover has lost contact with the control room. Recent reports suggest that the lunar orbiter has discovered the record. The module was expected to land at the moon's south pole, and significant experiments were to be performed on the southern part of the lunar surface by the Pragyan rover. Whatever the current status of Vikram Lander, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is credited with winning the mission. Of course, this first mission by ISRO was going to be challenging.
ISRO is not the first organization to fail in its first attempt at such a complex mission. Most recently, the lunar landing of Bereshit was shattered during an Israeli spaceflight mission by SpaceL, which landed in space . Despite knowledge of the lunar atmosphere, the secrets of the lunar surface soil have not yet been unraveled, which potentially creates dust; Which makes it almost impossible for the landing sensor of the landing spacecraft to be visible. This is the reason why Vikram Lander's quote was not successful, Kayas said.
Due to the 2008 Chandrayaan-1 mission, the Indian space agency had the experience of landing a spacecraft on the moon. However, the next was a unexpected disastrous landing of the Chandrayaan 2. While landing the spacecraft, the technical quality that one must be aware of was not achieved by Vikram Lander, a self-contained part of the spacecraft landing on the lunar surface. It was dangerous to pursue a descent to the surface of the moon. To some, Vikram's failure to land on the lunar surface may seem like a bit of a blow to the mission, but, given its long-term consequences, it could affect any future human mission to the moon. If ISRO cannot make a "separate landing" of an unmanned spacecraft on the moon, future human missions to the moon could inevitably be delayed.
The Chandrayaan-2 mission was, in fact, going to be a step forward in terms of the future human mission to land on the lunar surface. On the other hand, how could this affect India's first manned space mission 'Gaganyan Mission'? This needs to be understood. The consequences of this failure will be limited to future campaigns. This is because it is important to know the difference between a mission to the moon and a mission to the earth.
Landing a spacecraft on the surface of the moon for the first time and landing a spacecraft on the surface of the earth is not the same.Taking into account the gravitational pull of the Moon, which is definitely not same and is only one-sixth (1/6th) that of the Earth's Gravity (9.8 G). So if a hammer and a bird's wing were dropped at the same time from the same height, they would collide at the same time on the surface of the moon, even if the mass of the two objects was unequal. Secondly, the Moon has some gravity but no air. Since atmospheric pressure is only on the Earth, this problem does not arise on the moon. So really, once a spacecraft enters lunar orbit, its velocity toward the moon can be much higher than that of the Earth. That's why landing on the moon can't be like landing on the earth. Vikram Lander could not make a separate landing due to some errors about all this, and alternatively the campaign was not successful.
Of course, ISRO scientists must have studied all these factors before launching the mission. However, after entering the lunar orbit, the engine of the record module had to be ignited with the exact pressure in the opposite direction of its descent. For the actual execution of the mission, all sorts of accurate simulations calculating the rate of landing in the lunar orbit, the geography of the place where the landing was to take place, and the design of the engine providing the exact thrust were essential. With the success of Chandrayaan-2, all celestial and planetary space missions depend on pre-programming thousands of miles away, and the design, actual production and launch of these missions cannot be completely controlled by the space team.
Although the mission was hit hard by the failure to land a record in Chandrayaan-2, it is unlikely to delay India's planned manned space mission and put a direct limit on it. This is because India has successfully landed spacecraft on Earth. ISRO could take a bolder step towards the Gaganyan mission to be launched in 2022. India's experience of penetrating the Earth's atmosphere into space and re-entering the atmosphere is different from landing on the moon.
For example, in the Bay of Bengal, about 165 km (km) southeast of the Indian coast, ISRO along with the Indian Navy had successfully launched a Space Recovery Mission (SRE) at a pre-determined location. Twelve years ago, in 2007, ISRO confirmed this capability by successfully implementing the re-entry of SRE. The half-ton capsule was circulated after 12 days. The SRE conducted experiments under micro-gravity conditions, created information on reusable vehicles for launch, and provided useful information on what would be needed for future human and unmanned lunar missions. In addition, the half-ton ‘SRE’ had successfully tested numerous other capabilities required for the successful recovery of the capsule from space. These include lightweight thermal protection systems, aero-thermal structure design, hypersonic aerothermodynamics, These include navigation, guidance and re-entry vehicle control, ramps, floating systems and recovery systems, and communication jam management periods. All the systems that have been tested for the success of the Gaganyan mission will be crucial.
Even after the certification of all these systems and the partial breakdown of Chandrayaan-2, the orbiter has been successfully capturing information about the mission with the help of images and also drawing maps of the lunar surface. The chances of Gaganayan’s campaign being delayed are negligible. Today, India has also selected astronauts for human spaceflight. Space research and space travel are generally obsessed with ambiguity and uncertainty. Regardless, India's space exploration efforts will continue unabated.
Post a Comment