Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Even as chandrayaan-1 is underway, ISRO that is India has begun technical discussions with Russia on the joint moon mission Chandrayaan-II which is expected to be launched in 2011-12.

Scientists are planning to land a rover on the moon for carrying out chemical analysis of the lunar surface and explore other resources on the earth's natural satellite.

"In situ chemical analysis and resource exploration is the main objective of Chandrayaan-II," Mylaswamy Annadurai, Project Director of Chandrayaan-I,
told PTI.


Source: the Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200712181424.htm)

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