as small as a briefcase it can travel up to 500 meters. with its onboard instruments the rover will measure water bearing minerals in the lunar rock as well as the concentration of elements such as aluminum silicon and titanium. meanwhile the landing robot will record moonquakes and explore so-called luna plasma a thin layer of electrically charged particles above the surface. and the rover will be able to collect data for a few earth days and it will go dark for 14 days that's when the temperature drops to $160.00 degrees below 0 celsius. the orbiter will spend a year gathering data about the moon the objective is to fill in the gaps from india's previous mission it has 8 measuring instruments on board their function is to investigate the moon's thin atmosphere and show which minerals and chemical elements make up its surface. for the 1st time

a special radar will be used to determine the location and quantity of frozen water . india's mission is the 1st to bring this type of instrument to the moon. and for more i'm joined tonight by a group of seeing who is considered an authority on india's space endeavors his latest book is entitled the indian space program india's incredible journey from the 3rd world towards the 1st mr singh joins us tonight from manchester in the u.k. mr singh welcome it's good to have you on the day how did you feel today when you saw that rocket launch and head for the mood. exhilarated and really this was as you know the 2nd attempt it's

a very complex and intricate. isn't that what you want and one of the things i think that been missing is that not many people recognize that this would be the mockery that was used today is a relatively new can occur and it's only today that it and its operational like it at previous developmental points so it is a great relief to light and as successful and i understand it's also incredibly inexpensive compared to other rockets produced by other countries is is that one of the the qualities that india can bring to what appears to be this international space race but it can get into outer space and cut costs at the same talk. well to me it is one of the lower costs.

and to seize the. whole thing because they international commercial they feel. not on board just like for india but also for countries around the world because in the us. the in addition to the lower cost in the adult acted being a great deal of experience india has $1.00 of the oldest space program started with back in $93.00 and today cars are huge infrastructure which allows us. to cooperate with international partners only with. europe and america but also with russia in terms of the. cost think the increasing development in the commercial. that i think also is going to bring its own know what color to getting into space operating them will

be something that becomes cheap enough more and more players will move countries which traditionally went out because of it and to take part in things missing let me ask you we've got about a minute left you mentioned cooperation would you say that there is a a new space race taking place right now one that is international in its nature. busy. i think it's healthy competition and that's always in the room moves not to have to face programs the nature of. innovation and economic growth come from. competition and the space race merely stems from the old days of the cold war and sure in those days when there was just america and russia the u.s.s.r. . were the only player in big player in space but today these

days in the news just one of the many players hopefully will collaborate not only with. the place in your broken china just as. russia and america not elaborate so hoping one day trying that and india will also collaborate . blogger and author of the india space program mr singh we certainly appreciate your insights tonight thank you. well the day is nearly done the conversation continues online to find us on twitter you can follow me. t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then to morrow is another day i will see that it was.

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