India successfully lands spacecraft on the Moon…..becoming the first country to do so at the Moon’s south pole

[Carnos Jax]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technolog...n-landing/

[sekker]

Congrats to India!

[Tiangou]

In other news, three members of Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, tragically fell to their deaths…

Proud of those in the Indian space program. Didn’t let the last mission stop ‘em! Our partners in exploration!

[cbelt3]

Awesome ! Looking forward to the science….

“There is water … under the moon”.. (talking heads)

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I think part of the reason the Russian program had a failure, was at least partly because they wanted to beat India.

[Speedy]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
I think part of the reason the Russian program had a failure, was at least partly because they wanted to beat India.

The Russians, no doubt, are regretting not buying that extended warranty from the folks located in India who were offering it.

[mrbigstuff]

Speedy wrote:
[quote=Filliam H. Muffman]
I think part of the reason the Russian program had a failure, was at least partly because they wanted to beat India.

The Russians, no doubt, are regretting not buying that extended warranty from the folks located in India who were offering it.
Are you here all week?

[gabester]

I just want to note that use of "South Pole" here is relative. It's more akin to the latitude of Stockholm, Sweden relative to the North Pole.

[vision63]

First job is to build a solar powered Clay Pit.

[S. Pupp]

I wonder what they’ll find down south that they haven’t seen elsewhere. My guess: