Destination Moon: India's quest for the Moon, Mars, and beyond (Record no. 294223)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978-81-72236762
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 629.45 BAG-D .PS(EA)
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Pallava Bagla
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Destination Moon: India's quest for the Moon, Mars, and beyond
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. HarperCollins Publishers India, a joint venture with India Today Group
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2008
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 194p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Destination Moon is about 'Twenty years from now when space travel is likely to become mundane like airlines travel today, we don't want to be buying travel tickets on other people's space vehicles.' Dr G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO. Fabled in songs and poetry, and romanticized by lovers down the ages, the earth's closest neighbour is still an enigma in material terms. Can it sustain life? Does it have water? How did it come into existence? And what is its exact relationship with the earth? Chandrayaan-1, India's maiden moon craft, will seek to unravel these and other mysteries in the most ambitious exploratory mission to the moon in decades. Conceptualised by Indian scientists, it is in some ways a global scientific endeavour, with European and American instruments hitching a ride on a lunar satellite and rocket designed and launched by the Indian Space Research Organization. When the mission was first proposed in 1999, it seemed wildly optimistic to most people. Could a developing nation with limited resources afford to invest so much money, time and effort on research into outer space? Yet, almost a decade later, India's science community has proven beyond doubt that it is capable of meeting the most exacting challenges.This book is a celebration of that achievement. It tells the story of the moon mission from conception to launch the genesis, the plan, the people, the science. Based on reportage, interviews and most important of all, a deep understanding of the processes involved, Destination Moon is a lucidly written and comprehensive guide to India's engagement with outer space past, present and future.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Lunar probes. Outer space -Exploration -India.
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Personal name Subhadra Menon
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