Vikram lander touches down at lunar south pole shortly after 6pm India time
  • @randomaccount43543OP
    12•1 year ago

    Indians celebrated the double triumph of being the first to land on the south pole and the fourth to land on the moon.

  • @randomaccount43543OP
    11•1 year ago

    One of the mission’s major goals is to hunt for water-based ice which, scientists say, could support human habitation on the Moon in future. It could also be used for supplying propellant for spacecraft headed to Mars and other distant destinations. Scientists say the surface area that remains in permanent shadow there is huge and could hold reserves of water ice.

    The lander and the rover are carrying five scientific instruments which will help discover the physical characteristics of the surface of the Moon, the atmosphere close to the surface and the tectonic activity to study what goes on below the surface.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66594520

    • AgamemnonM
      3•1 year ago

      water-based ice

      Is that like regular water ice, but extra based? 😂

      My point is that this kind of language padding (by the bbc) cracks me up.

      (Yes, I know other kinds of solids are called ice - but they are also not ‘-based’, they just are [and also irrelevant in this context])

      • @Ya_Boy_Skinny_Penis
        -1•1 year ago

        Water-based ice, as in, contains impurities but is predominantly water.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
    7•1 year ago

    I’m happy for the team and excited to see what they find! Large amounts of water there would change the logistics for deep space exploration significantly.

    It would be wonderfully convenient if we had a great big gas station nearby.