Chandrayaan-2 historical feat : Duari

Describing Chandrayaan-2 as a historical feat for the country's scientists as well as for everybody who worked to make it a success, director of MP Birla Planetarium here, Debiprasad Duari Monday said the data collected by it will help in understanding the early chemistry of the solar system.

The expedition will also help the scientists in understanding the presence of water ice in the Earth's satellite.

The launching of the country's second lunar mission is "a historical moment for the scienctists and for everybody who are involved with Chandrayaan-2," he said.

"It was a great experience of 1000 of scientists who worked hard for the last couple of years. This is only the beginning and we hope that this will be a successful long journey and after 48 days Chandrayan-2 will land on the uncharted Lunar South Pole," Duari told PTI.

"From the data to be sent by the Chandrayaan-2, scientists will get a huge amout of information about the Moon including its formation. It will also give us information about the early chemistry of our solar system," he said.

Talking about the the importance of findings on the astronomical body, he said, "The presence of water is extremely important since the global scientific community has realised that soon human settlements are going to come up on the Moon."
"The scientists believe there are certain regions in the Moon where sunlight never reach and there could be a huge reservior of water and ice. Chandrayaan I had sent information about the existence of 60000 crore litres of water ice near its North Pole."