Evidence showed a hard landing for the lander when analyzing the doppler curve data. Failed mission it is, maybe next time you will succeed. Drawings like this is inspiring, good luck next time
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I mean compared to India's level their space agency seem to be willing to take more risks than the Chinese. Do you know that they have had a rocket a rocket with a far smaller payload/lifting capability than that of China for decades now, and yet they have launched moon missions and even a Mars mission with such a smaller rocket(China is still waiting to get it's long march 5 to be ready before taking the risk to launch a mars mars mission for example). They are also starting to set up a manned mission in the coming years from what I red.
Imagine they had the lifting capability of China for all these decades, I think they would have done same or even more than what China has done so far. Reasont I said they seem to be ready to take more risks than China. The Chinese seem to be very averse to taking risks, they prefer to take more time and go step by step. I'm not saying China or India's method is bad. Just that both nations seem to have a different approach and mentality when it comes to space exploration.
When china launched manned mission in 2002, it had smaller rocket.
It's not about risk or not. What kind of scientific data value can you get from a 14kg Mars oribiter of India? While the Mars oribiter send by China piggy back on Russia rocket is 120kg. It carries more powerful sensor and more equipment to truly achieve scientific value.I mean compared to India's level their space agency seem to be willing to take more risks than the Chinese. Do you know that they have had a rocket a rocket with a far smaller payload/lifting capability than that of China for decades now, and yet they have launched moon missions and even a Mars mission with such a smaller rocket(China is still waiting to get it's long march 5 to be ready before taking the risk to launch a mars mars mission for example). They are also starting to set up a manned mission in the coming years from what I red.
Imagine they had the lifting capability of China for all these decades, I think they would have done same or even more than what China has done so far. Reasont I said they seem to be ready to take more risks than China. The Chinese seem to be very averse to taking risks, they prefer to take more time and go step by step. I'm not saying China or India's method is bad. Just that both nations seem to have a different approach and mentality when it comes to space exploration.
It's not about risk or not. What kind of scientific data value can you get from a 14kg Mars oribiter of India? While the Mars oribiter send by China piggy back on Russia rocket is 120kg. It carries more powerful sensor and more equipment to truly achieve scientific value.
Same as China yutu rover of 120kg vs India pragyan 14kg. China yutu 2 rover can travel better on moon terrain with pigger wheels, penetrate ground x-ray to collect more meaningful value. What can you expect from a 14kg rover to collect what kind of data besides taking photo?
Finally, China Mars mission 2020 is not just send an orbiter and that's it. It is sending oribiter together with an lander with rovers at the sametime. That means it will accomplish 2 feat on the same time with one trip. So do you think the bigger rocket is neccesary?
Indian is willing to go with small payload becos their main aim is just to prove their feat of achieving feat like soft landing and reach Mars. Whether it can collect meaningful scientific value is secondary.
China wanted to achieve both. A decent payload of rover and orbiter are neccesary.
Do US send a Mars rover of only 15kg? Ask yourself.
Cheap mission, cheap result.India's rover design life is only 14 days (one moon day), they don't have isotope heat protection. They do it for boasting, not science. what a laughing stock.
The relay satellite is needed becos China mission is on the far side of the moon Moon but for India case, they are at South Pole but still facing earth. So it's not an issue not having that satellite. It's more of India lacking the right facilities to test the equipment under the harsh environment of lunar condition.Onboard Camera View of China's Chang'e-4 landing on the far-side of the Moon.
It's a big tech. challenge to transmit the data from the far-side of the moon back to the Earth. China does it via sending a data-relay satellite, Queqiao/鹊桥, to the Earth-Moon L2 point.
If India could transmit the video data back to the Earth, it could be a big help to find out the failure cause of the fall.
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You need to understand the difference between the willingness to take more risks and being careless. China has left the stage of using space program for propaganda. Their space program tries to actually achieve something concrete, instead of beating someone else or cheering themselves up. Space missions are risky. It is prudent to treat them carefully.I mean compared to India's level their space agency seem to be willing to take more risks than the Chinese. Do you know that they have had a rocket a rocket with a far smaller payload/lifting capability than that of China for decades now, and yet they have launched moon missions and even a Mars mission with such a smaller rocket(China is still waiting to get it's long march 5 to be ready before taking the risk to launch a mars mars mission for example). They are also starting to set up a manned mission in the coming years from what I red.
Imagine they had the lifting capability of China for all these decades, I think they would have done same or even more than what China has done so far. Reasont I said they seem to be ready to take more risks than China. The Chinese seem to be very averse to taking risks, they prefer to take more time and go step by step. I'm not saying China or India's method is bad. Just that both nations seem to have a different approach and mentality when it comes to space exploration.