India moon landing - live updates: Landing 'changes geopolitics of space' - as Indian PM confirms manned mission to moon
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India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft becomes the first ever to land on the moon's south pole, just days after a Russian attempt ended in a crash. The region's shadowed craters are believed to contain water ice that could help make a permanent lunar base for humans a reality.
  • LughMAEnglish
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    1 year ago

    One of India’s big advantages is pulling off ambitious space stuff at a fraction of the price of everyone else. The total cost of this mission was $75 million, way lower than NASA or ESA would have managed it. That bodes well for them commercializing advances like this.