Veteran space scientist G Madhavan Nair said on Thursday the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon should succeed in all respects so that India can cross a major milestone in space exploration, and described the planned soft landing on the lunar surface as a very difficult and complex maneuver. ADVERTISEMENT"This moment I can only say that this mission should succeed in all respects so that we will cross a major milestone in space exploration", said Nair, under whose six year tenure as ISRO Chairman and Secretary in the Department of Space from 2003, as many as 25 successful missions were accomplished. Nair also had a word of caution ahead of the launch of the Chandrayaan-3 mission on Friday. Even if a minor glitch happens anywhere we can get into a problem, we really have to be cautious," he said. I hope they will look at all aspects carefully and don't brush aside any anomaly if at all they come across."

Source: The Telegraph July 13, 2023 20:19 UTC