We ’re at last start a raw space backwash — between China and India , which just launched its new Moon investigation , Chandrayaan-1 , today . China already launched its Chang’e orbiter last year , and “ today we are strain to captivate them , catch that col , bridge the gap , ” the director of India ’s space agency told Reuters . But that does n’t stand for NASA is out of the picture altogether — India ’s rocket is carry a pair of gimmick for the U.S. agency , including one to look for water ice deposit in the moonshine ’s pivotal region . And NASA design to found its own satellite next twelvemonth . flick through for another couple of images of the gorgeous Chandrayaan-1 .
Between Chandrayaan-1 and NASA ’s extroverted Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter , we ’ll finally get becoming map of the Moon ’s surface . “ We do n’t really have really right mod map of the moon with modern cat’s-paw , ” say Georgetown space policy researcher Scott Pace . “ The calibre of the Martian mapping , I would make a general argument , is ranking to what we have of the Moon . ”
Images by AP . [ APandNew York Times ]
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