“TO SHOW how challenging it was to achieve the correct cruise path, would be like going outside and hitting a golf ball towards a hole located in Los Angeles. The ball has to go straight into the hole and to make it more challenging, the hole is moving.”
Chandrayaan 2 will attempt a first-ever soft landing for India on the lunar surface. And the two senior women space scientists, both in their 40s, will be in charge of the mission’s main components: Project oversight and the crucial final phase of landing.
For both women, who have been with ISRO for close to two decades and were involved in launches or sub-system development for satellites, Chandrayaan 2 will mark a historic achievement.
“It is the first time for a planetary mission where women are in charge. We have had women project directors for the launch of communication and other satellites,” ISRO chairman K Sivan said after announcing the launch date for Chandrayaan 2.
Read more of this in a report by Johnson T A published in The Indian Express... (link given below)
Related news posted earlier can be accessed http://bharatmahan.in/positive-news/chandrayaan2-land-moon-s-surface-sept-06-2019
