Chandrayaan-3: We’ve long romanticised the Moon, but why’s Isro going there?

月船3号：我们一直把月球浪漫化，但为什么Isro要登月?

Humans have for long romanticised the Moon. It’s part of folklore, children’s tales, love songs and even mythology. But the Earth’s satellite has also been intriguing from a scientific point of view for decades.

长期以来，人类一直把月球浪漫化，有很多关于月球的民间传说、儿童故事、情歌甚至神话。几十年来，从科学的角度来看，地球的这颗卫星也一直很吸引人。

If the SpaceRace saw Neil Armstrong and others land on Moon, subsequent missions have tried to understand Moon better. With a renewed global interest in lunar explorations, every Moon mission is a keenly watched event.

如果说太空竞赛见证了尼尔·阿姆斯特朗等人登上月球，那么随后的任务则试图更好地了解月球。随着全球对月球探索的兴趣重新燃起，每一次探月任务都是备受关注的事件。

And so willIsro’s Chandrayaan-3, which the space agency is aiming to launch at 2.35pm Friday (July 14).

印度空间研究组织(ISRO)的“月船三号”也将如此，该机构计划于周五(7月14日)下午2点35分发射。

By late afternoon on Wednesday (July 12), the mission readiness review (MRR) committee had cleared the launch and Isro was awaiting the lab authorisation board’s (LAB) approval. The scientific goals of Chandrayaan-3 are the same as its predecessor that failed, and therefore, the reasons to go to the Moon too.

到周三(7月12日)下午晚些时候，任务准备审查(MRR)委员会已经批准了发射，Isro正在等待实验室授权委员会(LAB)的批准。“月船3号”的科学目标与之前失败的“月船2号”相同，这也是再次登月的理由。

Ahead of Chandrayaan-2, Isro had said it was going back to the Moon because “it was the closest cosmic body at which space discovery can be attempted and documented. It’s also a promising test bed to demonstrate technologies required for deep-space missions’’.

在“月船2号”之前，印度空间研究组织曾表示，它将重返月球，因为“月球是可以尝试和记录太空发现的最近的宇宙天体。”它也是一个很有前途的测试平台，可以展示深空任务所需的技术。”

Now, Isro says it is crossing new frontiers by demonstrating soft-landing on the lunar surface by its lunar module and demonstrating roving on the lunar terrain.

现在，印度空间研究组织表示，它正在跨越新的领域，展示其登月舱在月球表面的软着陆，并展示在月球上漫游。

印度时报读者的评论：

csronn

Good luck to ISRO!Only a handful of countries including ISRO have the capability to even consider a moon landing. A soft landing of course will be a bonus.

祝ISRO好运！有能力登月的机构屈指可数，ISRO是其中之一。能够软着陆当然就更棒了。

Mmmm

Aspiring INDIA has no choice other than printing her foot-prints on MOON and MARS. All the best to ISRO for its CH3 mission. Good Luck. Jai Hind.

雄心勃勃的印度别无选择，只能在月球和火星上印上自己的脚印。祝印度空间研究组织的“月船3号”任务顺利。祝好运，印度必胜。

Ivan Wolf

MCD: Mad Cow Disease

MCD：疯牛病

Ivan Wolf

Indians should go read India national news (archived by this TOIlet) from July to Sept,2019. Boast/brag daily with Sivan smiling/predicting and Indians roaring with wild cheers.Then dead silence with Sivan crying on Modi's shoulder and the world laughing. India is repeating history again

印度人应该去看看2019年7月至9月的印度国家新闻(印度时报)。每天吹嘘，西万笑着预测，印度人疯狂欢呼。然后是死一般的沉默，当时的印度空间研究组织主席锡万（Sivan）靠在莫迪的肩膀上哭泣，全世界都在笑。又将历史重演吗？

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Shame that the author of a leading newspaper doesn't even know the meaning of romanticize

真可惜，主流报纸的作者甚至不知道浪漫化是什么意思

User Panda

All the very best and God bless our mission. Best of luck for a successful mission.,Under the guidance of Shreemaanji Modi, this is the third mission to the moon .

祝一切顺利，愿神保佑我们的任务顺利完成。祝任务圆满，这是在莫迪的指导下，第三次登月任务。

J Rey

1) WRONG TO SAY that Chandrayan 2:was a failure ... IT WAS A NECESSARY and a USEFUL ATTEMT.,2) WE ARE GOIG TO MAKE IT THIS TIME !

说“月船2号”失败是错误的…这是一次必要且有收获的尝试。这一次我们一定会成功的

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ISRO have to adjust it's time table with EC's 2024 election.

印度空间研究组织必须根据2024年大选调整时间表。

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2024 election propaganda and gimmicks this time on moon too.

2024年的选举宣传和噱头，这次又是月球。

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Modi hai to mumkin hai kyaa????

莫迪让一切成为可能

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ISRO should send Modiji to moon as Modiji is very romantised to visit outside of the planet after finishing tours of around planet.

印度空间研究组织应该把莫迪送上月球，因为莫迪吉非常浪漫，在完成环绕地球的旅行后，他会去比月球更远的地方。

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Leaving chandrayan and mangalayan ,more stress is needed to be given for "correct weather forecast" from which country will be directly benefited.

撇开“月船”任务不谈，我们需要更多地关注怎么“准确地预报天气”，国家将直接受益。

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nature can't be predicted most of times, we have evacuated millions from natural disasters, so have some faith.

大多数时候，自然是无法预测的，我们已经从自然灾害中拯救了数百万人，所以要有信心。

Pradeep Banerjee

Praying for a successful mission.

祈祷任务成功。

User Rupani

Dear Andh bhakt. Chandrayan1 was in 2008. So i guess Modi busy studying the art of divide & rule

2008年是“月船1号”。我猜莫迪正忙着研究分而治之的艺术

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Best wishes to ISRO and all fellow Indians.

向ISRO和所有印度同胞致以最美好的祝愿。

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pre 2014 , the development of india was washed out due to misrule of muslim gulams supported pseudos. on the instructions of china, they were deliberately kee gdp of india below that of china.

2014年之前，印度的发展被伪政府冲垮了。在中国的指示下，他们故意让印度的GDP低于中国。

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ISRO is going there for election campaign

印度空间研究组织登月是为了竞选

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This time ChandraGhaan 3 will explode in stage 3 and debris will fall in Indian Ocean. NASA will help find pieces as usual; which these drunk truck driver ISRO scientists are incapable of. Somnathbis the next Sodappa Sivan in the making

这次“月船3号”将在第三阶段爆炸，碎片将落入印度洋。NASA将像往常一样帮助寻找碎片，ISRO科学家找不回来。Somnathis将成为下一个Sivan

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You must not be an Indian, because Indians love their country. I pity your mental state. God bless you.

你肯定不是印度人，印度人爱他们的国家。我同情你的精神状态。愿神保佑你。

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Guantanamo Bay is the best place for you I would request Mr Modi to send you there as soon as possible

关塔那摩湾是最适合你的地方，我请求莫迪先生尽快把你送到那里

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all'the best for ISRO to get mission successful

祝ISRO任务成功

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Feels bad to see in the comment that while hating BJP now congi and k’s have started ridiculing their own nation .. shameful

在评论中看到，国大党一边讨厌人民党，一边开始嘲笑自己的国家，我感到很难过，可耻

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The White race leads the non whites in all technological advances

白种人在所有技术进步方面都领先于非白种

Rinku Singh

Under the guidance of Shreemaanji Modi, this is the third mission to Moon. Before 2014 ISRO was a white elephant in the room and was unable to do a single launch in 70 years. Now it has become a world class organisation rivaling NASA. My best wishes to ISRO in all their future endeavours.

在莫迪的指导下，这是第三次月球任务。2014年之前，ISRO是一无是处的机构，70年来无法进行一次发射。现在，它已成为一个能与美国NASA相媲美的世界级组织。我向印度空间研究组织未来的一切努力致以最良好的祝愿。