India's Mission To The Moon

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A technical snag may have delayed its launch, but when it does take off, Chandrayaan-2 will take India to the moon as only the fourth nation to do so, all on a shoestring budget.

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00:30India hopes to soft land on the lunar surface.

00:53Soft landing is a tricky business, and India is attempting it for the first time.

00:58But it could pave the way for future planetary missions for India.

01:04So this is one stepping stone in India's robust space program.

01:18It has become the place to go.

01:48Let's go.

02:17If you look at it, the last mission to Moon by NASA cost almost 10 times more.

02:24India is known for doing low cost, very effective missions.

02:30And these are done because India's engineers, India scientists and the capabilities at the

02:37Indian Space Agency, which is the Indian Space Research Organization are put to maximum use

02:44and maximum efficiency.

03:00India is already a formidable force in space technology, having end to end capabilities

03:07of making satellites, making rockets, launching them with a program for launching astronauts

03:15into space coming up by 2022, having visited Mars, having visited Moon and serving the

03:241.3 billion Indian population through space technology.

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