Congratulations to our friends in India:
India marked its presence on Moon on Friday night to be only the fourth nation to scale this historic milestone after a Moon Impact Probe with the national tri-colour painted successfully landed on the lunar surface after being detached from unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1.
Joining the US, the erstwhile Soviet Union and the European Union, the 35-kg Moon Impact Probe (MIP) hit the moon exactly at 8.31 PM, about 25 minutes after the probe instrument descended from the satellite in what ISRO described as a “perfect operation”.
Miniature Indian flags painted on four sides of the MIP signalled the country’s symbolic entry into moon to coincide with the birth anniversary of the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, observed as Children’s Day.
A remarkable achievement for a nation which 61 years ago emerged from British colonial rule as an impoverished, strife ridden global backwater. The Big Three in 2100 will be the United States, China and India, and the world had better get entirely used to the eclipse of Europe and the rise of the new great powers.
Blogs For Victory 