re: #120 unproven innocence

In case anyone here may find it interesting:
India to Attempt Moon Landing at the Lunar South Pole Today. How to Watch Live
The moon landing is set for between 4 and 5 p.m. EDT (2000-2100 GMT).

re: #123 lawhawk

That sucks…. and is a vivid reminder that we got damned lucky back in 1969-1973 that we didn’t lose any of the crews that went to the moon despite some clear close calls (and not forgetting that we did lose the crew of Apollo 1 on the pad). Even with the tech, things do go wrong.

re: #128 jeffreyw

I watched that live, every mark hit on the way down was met with polite applause. After the touchdown clock wound down there wasn’t anything, no cheers, no clapping, just the announcer saying we are still waiting for word from central control.. huddled groups of techs with no body smiling.

Once more, the human race is reminded that space is hard and that gravity is a cruel mistress.

Sucks the Indians weren’t able to pull this off, because more lunar science is good, but alas…