249.The secret of the moon

Friday, October 24, 2008

Rockets always fascinated me right from my childhood days. Even while bursting crackers during festive seasons, my concentration would be on those fire-cracker-rockets which could propel up to around 100 feet. The topic for the day is Rockets.


The Russians and the Americans successfully tested un-manned Moon missions in the early Sixties. After almost 50 years India has done it. Yes the first Un-manned Moon mission,"Chandrayaan-1" was a success.

Chandrayaan-1 is India's first mission to moon and also the 51st satellite of the Indian Space Programme.The lifespan of this mission is two years.

What is the objective for launching Chandrayaan-1 ?

1) To design,develop and launch a spacecraft in lunar polar orbit using an Indian Launch Vehicle

2) Higher image resolution of lunar terrain along with Chemical and mineral mapping. (Hope they do not find urine samples there)

3) To enhance India's image in the Global scene by being a part of the select group which has the capability to observe planets/satellites directly.

What did Chandrayaan Carry?

1) Terrain mapper (To map the outer surface of the moon)
2) Mineral mapper ( TO map and sense for any new minerals)
3) Topography Mapper
4) Volatile object Mapper (To find if there are any volatile objects in the moon)
5) Moon Impactprobe (To find places in moon where a soft landing can be done)

Chandrayaan also carries 6 other loads from Germany, United States,Bulgaria,Sweden,Japan and UK
1) Mini-SAR from NASA (To distinguish water ice from dry lunar surface)
2)Mineralogy Mapper from NASA ( To map the geological composition of the moon)
3)Radiation monitor from Belgium ( For the study of solar particles in moon)
4)SARA from Sweden/Japan/India (Imaging of the moon's surface to measure moon's flux)
5) XRay Spetrometer from UK. ( Finding the abundance of various chemicals)
6)IR spectrimeter from Germany (To study lunar mineralogy)

The launch vehicle used for Chandrayaan-1 was none other than the tried and tested PSLV

1)The launch vehicle is 44.4 metre tall (PSLV-C11)
2) The propellant(fuel)weighs 138 tonnes (Now I realise that Rockets are indeed a big thing)
3) Moon is at a distance of 4,00,000 km from earth and Chandrayaan-1 will take 15 days to deposit all the 11 paylods in the respective orbits
4)The launch is a success but we have to wait for another 15 days to see whether all the 11 payloads have been placed in their respctive destinations.
Moon has been the only world other than Earth where human beings have set foot. No one knows whether moon has water particles or not. The moon has various other secrets too. Will Chandrayaan-1 reveal those secrets?

The man standing next to me in the picture is the brain behind this post.He is a Scientist and he heads the Liquid Propulsion plant (ISRO) of the country.I call him Papa (Daddy)

-Chronicwriter

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50 Smiles:

  1. u call him Papa, not Daddy. I am so proud of our Papa

    dewdrops 24 October 2008 12:03 AM

  2. I luv physics dude...Ur post was like reading wikipedia...

    hmmm

    loved the post

    **.I call him Daddy

    u can bring fun anywhere..lol

    Priya Joyce 24 October 2008 6:51 AM

  3. hehehe..
    gud info and humour,both found together in ur blog :)
    nice one,yaar.

    V. Archana 24 October 2008 9:02 AM

  4. Interesting stuff..Great Daddy!

    Sri 24 October 2008 10:06 AM

  5. Oh nice. It made for a good read! Interesting facts, did not know so much about Chandrayaan-1.

    "I call him daddy" He he....brilliant way of putting it! :)

    Thanks to your daddy for giving us so much information! Thank you! :)

    Tara 24 October 2008 10:11 AM

  6. Interesting Chrissy! :)

    ¢яŷştąŁ 24 October 2008 10:33 AM

  7. @akka
    check the post again.. added it..

    Chriz 24 October 2008 11:07 AM

  8. Wow! Your dad must be brilliant.. that brings me to my question -What happened to you man? :P heheheheh
    Fantastic post mate.. loved it.. informative and fun at the same time..

    arshat.chaudhary 24 October 2008 11:08 AM

  9. @priya
    calling my dad, daddy.. was that funny? hehe.. glad to know that you love physics.. it is indeed such a cute subject... you dont have the chemical formulae that u have in chemistry and you dont have to dissect a frog too just like you do in biology.. physics is such a simple subject

    Chriz 24 October 2008 11:11 AM

  10. @archana
    good info , humor- both found in my blog? man i wanted this post to be a serious one.. did it sound like a jokers paradise? :)

    Chriz 24 October 2008 11:13 AM

  11. @sri
    yes great daddy

    Chriz 24 October 2008 11:13 AM

  12. @tara
    he gives me lot of information.. my brain doesnt have a good storing capacity.. thats y i jotted them down in my blog..

    Chriz 24 October 2008 11:14 AM

  13. @chrystal
    thank you aayushi

    Chriz 24 October 2008 11:14 AM

  14. @arshat
    haha.. spoilt brat! yes.. never wanted to be a technical guy.. but our dreams are always shortlived

    Chriz 24 October 2008 11:15 AM

  15. wow!!! ur dad is a brilliant man dude...m sure his son will live upto his name :)

    mayz 24 October 2008 11:19 AM

  16. Yes... we all love and salute ur daddy :)...

    It was nice to hear about all this... andyes I finally saw the video on youube... the cable sucks at the place i am deployed currently...

    salutes bro...

    thearmyguyspeaks 24 October 2008 11:43 AM

  17. nice post! informative!
    and, regards to Uncle!

    Josie 24 October 2008 11:45 AM

  18. @ chriz
    i hate you.. i had chandrayaan as a detail answer and i just knew 4 lines on it which i made into 40 lines.. had u written this post atlease wud've assured me 10 marks!! nonsense!! if i fail its coz of u only!

    Elithraniel Arawion 24 October 2008 11:46 AM

  19. awwww...come on man,why not?
    especially he last part of the post amused me.
    But should say,u r a sarcastic comedian. :D

    V. Archana 24 October 2008 12:06 PM

  20. woah! nice post and brilliant ending, man..! you must be proud of him.

    VIDYA 24 October 2008 12:32 PM

  21. @mayz
    are you sure? i am not sure though! hehe

    Chriz 24 October 2008 1:18 PM

  22. @the army guy
    finally you saw the code breaking act.. wow.. thats gud

    Chriz 24 October 2008 1:18 PM

  23. @josie
    he helped me to write this one.. he doesnt know that i have published it.. hehe thank you and would pass it on

    Chriz 24 October 2008 1:20 PM

  24. @anusha
    send me that answer sheet.. it would be a fun read i hope

    Chriz 24 October 2008 1:22 PM

  25. @archana
    anga suthi, inga suthi kadaisiyila comedian aakiteeya.. :)

    Chriz 24 October 2008 1:23 PM

  26. @vidya
    ya thank you.. mm sure i am

    Chriz 24 October 2008 1:23 PM

  27. Chris the last line was amazing "i call him papa" ........ but neenga intha subject la konjam weak achee anna eppadiyoo eppavum pola manage pannitinga good !!

    Sivaram 24 October 2008 2:09 PM

  28. Cool stuff

    Kiran Sawhney 24 October 2008 2:17 PM

  29. You must be proud of him!!! :) My best wishes to him!!

    And we had chandrayan for detail ans this semester!! Being a commerce student, I invented my own physics in the ans!!!

    Thoorika 24 October 2008 3:10 PM

  30. hey the way u put it was funny..
    yupp true
    chemistry is wat i can't reely get thru...
    and bio ye ti's fine wth me..haven't done ny dissections may be tats y...lol

    Priya Joyce 24 October 2008 3:26 PM

  31. @shiv
    hehe.. i am not weak in this subject.. infact i am a zero in the topic... but keeela vulundhaaalum enga meesaila mann ottaadhula.. modhala meesaiyae kidaiyaadhu

    Chriz 24 October 2008 4:25 PM

  32. @kiran
    yes indeed. though we are more than 50 years late

    Chriz 24 October 2008 4:25 PM

  33. @thoorika
    yes i heard abt the stuff.. haha.. would love to read that answer paper

    Chriz 24 October 2008 4:26 PM

  34. @priya
    time you did one dissection

    Chriz 24 October 2008 4:27 PM

  35. dude!! your dad's a genius!!!
    :D
    kudos to him!!!


    and yeah sweet post. was nice reading it. will keep coming back. :)

    Jadis 24 October 2008 5:06 PM

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    sachin 24 October 2008 5:11 PM

  37. wow. great post. informative without being dry. i have been following the chandrayaan story with great interest and it was good to see someone taking it up. and please wish your father the very best for his work. i really admire and respect scientists for their passion for knowledge.

    pseudo intellectual 24 October 2008 5:25 PM

  38. @sachin
    thanks bro.. did you read the post?

    Chriz 24 October 2008 6:14 PM

  39. @pseudo
    haha.. welkum to my page.. i guess you stepped in with your right foot

    Chriz 24 October 2008 6:14 PM

  40. @jadis
    yeah thanks.. and do keep the word.. you are blog rolled

    Chriz 24 October 2008 6:15 PM

  41. Sorry prason i didnt read your post. Its bcause of a blinking modem one that does not work. Therfore I might get disconncted anytime.

    I just wanted to tell u that the movie u wrote about
    Children of Heaven
    is being shown on star movies at 11am this sunday.

    Christopher Poshin David 24 October 2008 8:45 PM

  42. @poshin
    thats good news..
    but one thing.. odha vaanga pora.. peara solli koopittutu irukura.. i would prefer u calling me anna .. if thats tuff for u, stick on to bro... hope u understand

    Chriz 24 October 2008 9:55 PM

  43. Hey tat was one informative post...really nice!

    ιℓℓυѕιση 24 October 2008 9:55 PM

  44. @illusion
    thanks a bunch

    Chriz 24 October 2008 9:56 PM

  45. i dint know someone could make physics sound so easy and simple! good one!:)

    nan 24 October 2008 10:38 PM

  46. great..!!

    Vinz aka Vinu 24 October 2008 10:53 PM

  47. Great papa :) I respect science and people contributing to know what it is actually. brilliant :)

    preeti 25 October 2008 11:03 AM

  48. Sorry prason
    oops sorry annan. (Happy now)or would you like to b called the Most greatest cousin on earth..................................................(Maybe sumthing else)how bout Yor majesty or heighness.

    Let's just stick with bro.

    Christopher Poshin David 26 October 2008 7:08 PM

  49. This was a good post! a really good one! liked it :)

    evanescentthoughts 30 September 2009 11:57 PM

  50. This was a good post! a really good one! liked it :)

    evanescentthoughts 30 September 2009 11:57 PM

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