Chandrayaan - indian mission to moon

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former president of india said that the country’s first lunar orbital mission - Chandrayaan-1 - had a very important message for all.

“In future, we have to consider earth, moon and Mars as a single complex for the benefit of humankind. Mars may have water. We need a new habitat. Moon has got Helium (He3), an important material for generating power in enormous quantity,” Kalam said on the sidelines of an international conference on aerospace science and technologies.



As a light, non-radioactive isotope, with two protons and one neutron, Helium is a chemical element, which is widely believed to be in abundance on moon though not as much on earth.

Commending the Indian space agency for achieving self-reliance in building any type of satellite and launch vehicle, Kalam said missions to moon and Mars subsequently would have tremendous spin-offs for the country and its people.

The 525kg Chandrayaan-1 is being assembled and integrated with 11 experimental payloads for launch using an advanced version of the indigenous polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) from Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, about 90km from Chennai

source : thaiindian