India's moon mission should be considered a success, and a lesson in spacefaring
- Written by Rebecca Allen, PhD candidate researching galaxy formation and evolution, Swinburne University of Technology
Over the weekend, India attempted to make history by becoming just the fourth nation to successfully land a probe on the Moon. It came agonisingly close, but after journeying millions of kilometres, the Vikram lander lost contact in the final few hundred metres and crash-landed on the lunar surface.
But it would be both unfair and plain wrong to...
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