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On July 14, India's third lunar exploration mission "Chandrayaan-3" was successfully launched and entered the predetermined orbit, and the whole country was overjoyed.
Not to be outdone, Indian media and netizens made proud remarks on the Internet, and even used this to "belittle" China, saying that China has lost its qualification to land on the moon and has been fully surpassed by India.
So why does India always want to compare itself with China? Have they really surpassed China's space industry today?
The history of space in India
In the impression of outsiders, India has always been an ordinary country, except for the population comparable to the mainland, it seems that there are no other "achievements", in fact, its strength is very strong.
India's strength is not only underestimated by outsiders, but its space level is still in the forefront of the world, and even ahead of many other countries, in fact, India's space strength can be ranked in the world's top ten.
In this ranking, India once surpassed some developed countries, and the top five ranks were naturally swept by China, the United States, Russia, Europe and Japan, and India could only rank sixth, but this does not mean that India's strength should be ignored.
In the comprehensive ranking, we observe national strength from multiple dimensions, mainly from the initial capital investment, rocket launch process, to the number of satellites launched each year and the innovation ability in the aviation field.
Although it still has no place in the top five, Japan, which ranks in the top five, has become unstable in recent years, not only due to insufficient national strength, but also some technical shortcomings and defects.
For this situation with a "sword" hanging over its head, Japan is also trying to improve its national ranking, but it has no choice but to launch two lunar probes successively, and the results are fruitless and do not return.
The first of these probes has been disconnected from the ground since launch, and the other is scheduled to reach the surface of the moon sometime this year, although it has tried best to do it, but the effect is still not significant.
On the other hand, India, although it has also taken a bumpy road on the road of aerospace, but from the overall development prospects, it is still more promising than Japan, but there is still a lot of effort to be done.
As early as 13 years, India launched a probe to Mars, which may seem common, but how would you feel if you knew that this was the first country in Asia to successfully launch a probe?
Not only that, India has also launched more than 100 satellites, which is the record holder for the largest number of satellite launches in the world today, and the functions of satellites are also quite complete, covering many aspects that benefit the country.
Until now, do you still think that India is the "worthless" country you imagined? However, although India is developing rapidly, it also has its own troubles when it comes to rocket launches.
Indian rockets failed one after another
India's lunar exploration program has been going on for a long time, but the sky has not been as expected, the progress has been very tortuous, 08 launched the "Chandrayaan-1" probe, but only stayed in space for 10 months before "dying".
At that time, India had deep hopes for the "Chandrayaan-1", but the final result was still unsatisfactory, and some experts analyzed the reasons for the loss afterwards, which was considered to be insufficient technology or equipment problems.
In the following years, India began to concentrate on the technical problems of rocket development, until July 2019, India launched the "Chandrayaan-2", with confidence and apprehension, "Chandrayan-2" slowly took to the air.
It turned out that during the separation of the lander and the orbiter, the lander tried to land, and then suddenly there was a braking problem, resulting in the loss of contact, and finally the "No. 2" crashed.
India kept the crash secret until July 10 this year that India revealed the reason, saying that the five main thrust engines exceeded the expected thrust and caused an error.
I thought that India would lose confidence in repeated failures, but who knew that India also had the spirit of becoming more and more courageous, and developed the "Chandrayan-3" again, and launched the probe on July 14 this year.
At 5:05 p.m. on the 14th, the "Chandrayaan-3" probe was successfully launched, and relevant news said that the probe's trip will last about 30 days and is scheduled to land on the lunar surface at the end of August.
In fact, India has been working on a rocket launch plan for a long time, but due to some force majeure, such as the epidemic and other special reasons, the plan has been postponed so far, which is also India's second challenge to the moon after 4 years.
And this lunar landing plan, whether in terms of equipment or technology, has learned the lessons of the past, and India can be said to have made full preparations for this launch, and even the designers are silently praying.
This time, Chandrayaan-3 also installed new equipment to help the probe achieve a "random landing" in an emergency, but this time they did not reserve an additional probe in case of accidents.
In this regard, the Indian side also gave a corresponding reply, saying that India is not as "arrogant" as other countries, and there is no extra money to invest, especially after the failure of the "Chandrayan-2" mission.
Somana also said that Chandrayaan-2 had spent about 9.78 billion rupees, or about $142 million, on its previous mission, while this time Chandrayan-3 had only invested 6.15 billion rupees, or about $75 million.
However, even if the investment is not as good as before, India is still full of confidence in the launch mission, and said that if the lunar exploration mission is successful, it will change the pattern of lunar exploration in China and the United States.
India says it will surpass China?
Just after the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3, the Indian Space Research Center released a new space plan, and said that the rocket under study can carry 4 to 6 astronauts at a time, which has surpassed China.
With the lessons of previous failures, India seems to be determined to achieve the lunar landing mission in August, and the "Chandrayaan-3" has not yet ushered in the most critical step, but the Indian people have "floated".
Many Indian nationals have even begun to "say hi", threatening to surpass China, but also to become the first country to land on the south pole of the moon, such an arrogant attitude has also attracted the attention of many people.
However, some people may wonder, obviously our "Chang'e" has achieved a lunar landing before, which play is the "first" country in India's mouth? In fact, there are traces of this.
After the continent's Chang'e 4 landed on the moon, the landing site was set at an impact crater called von Kármán, which is located near the South Pole, so India feels that this is not really the South Pole.
Therefore, this time India vigorously played up the success of "Chandrayan-3", not only that, but also hyped the investment of the probe, saying that "Chandrayan-3" only spent less than 75 million US dollars, which is much cheaper than China and the United States.
However, what India may not know is that China's Chang'e-4 actually costs less money, and although there is no official data report, some people say it is about the same as building a kilometer of subway.
In terms of manned spaceflight, India even said that it has surpassed China in spacewalk and on-orbit flight, which has also attracted ridicule and excitement from other countries.
Russia even bluntly pointed out that India was "pitted" by the United States, because the United States has always said that it wants to reach cooperation with India in order to win over India, but there has been no movement so far.
Indeed, India has its own strength in rocket production technology, such as engines and thrusters, which is second only to Europe and the United States in the world ranking, which is also India's top ranking.
At first, these technologies were borrowed from the United States, but in the gradual upgrading and development, they have formed their own characteristics, and they are indeed stronger than China in terms of thrusters.
However, this does not mean that China's strength is weaker than India's, the mainland is also a second to India in some technologies, and it will take some time for India to surpass China now.
The militarization of space in India
Although India's "surpassing" China's arrogance is just a "dream" for the time being, compared with the country's comprehensive strength, India's achievements in aerospace are not bad, otherwise it cannot rank sixth in the world.
The top five countries most likely to be replaced in the future are Japan, which has been in a bottleneck in recent years, and India's dedication in the aerospace field in recent years shows that India's ambitions are great.
In fact, India's ambitions go far beyond making breakthroughs in the field of space, and he is also ready to follow the example of US imperialism, intending to start a militarization model, and the scope is chosen in space.
The concept of "militarization of space" was proposed by former President Trump, which envisaged that a team could be set up in space and satellites could be used as military weapons, which could directly threaten the satellites of other countries.
While the United States continues to express its ideas to surrounding countries, India is also secretly making plans, which, like the United States, hopes to achieve a militarized model in the universe.
However, although the idea is good, it is not so easy to really build a space army, which requires not only increased research and development in space technology, but also cooperation with various militaries.
Although India is thinking a little far now, once they start to implement the plan, it will also bring certain benefits to the country in the future, so the development of military power is a sure thing for India.
The mainland and India are very similar, the same relatively late development of the country, the same populous country, but late start does not mean slow development, the real strength of the continent can not be measured by development time.
The mainland has suffered many obstacles in terms of development, some of which come from technology and equipment, and some of which come from some Western countries, which impose various technological blockades and containments on China.
Under such oppression, China will gradually explore its own "way of survival", which will make China stronger and the country's development potential continue to increase.
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