Raipur, Jan 12: Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair today said the successful of
Chandrayan-1 mission has enabled the scientific community in
the country to get a complete picture of the moon`s surface
and that too to an extent of five metre resolution.
"Though several moon missions were there in the past, no
mission had provided pictures and data about the entire
surface of the moon. However, Chandrayan-1 is the first
mission which will give data on the entire surface," Nair
said.
"It is also sending pictures of moon`s surface to the
extent of five metre resolution, which no other country is
currently getting. Even the US is not getting that quality of
picture of Moon," Nair said.
Nair said even the US, the leading country in the field
of space science research, is getting pictures of moon`s
surface in 100 metre resolution.
At a talk on `Indian Space Programme` the ISRO chief
said, the pictures sent by the mission would help India
exploring the Moon`s surface in a better way and identify
minerals on the surface.
"In last two months Chandrayan-1 has sent more than
40,000 images to the base station," Nair said.
Nair said the Indian Space agency would be able to
complete manned moon mission by 2015 AD and added that the
transponder capacity would be increased to 500 by the end of
11th Plan period. At present ISRO is operating 211
transponders.
’Indian on Moon by 2020’
The ISRO proposed to undertake the country`s first manned Moon mission by 2020 following the success of Chandrayaan-I, project director of Chandrayaan-I M Annadurai has said.
The successful launch of Chandrayaan-I in October last year has given space scientists the confidence to undertake manned mission to moon, Annadurai told reporters here yesterday.
The Chandrayaan-II mission is expected to be undertaken within a couple of years followed by Chandrayaan-III, he said.
Several countries have approached India to set up a common lunar research centre for conducting various studies, the director added.
Bureau Report
