Shockingly, from the commonality of failure pattern while descending on to moon surface suffered by both BERESHEET lander of Israel on 11 Apr '19 and VIKRAM lander of ISRO on 07 Sep '19, both the space agencies are now convinced that there is a possibility that something common has occurred in both(Chandrayan-2 and Beresheet) going awry.
At least two ISRO scientists familiar with the space agency's plans have told that after ISRO's failure analysis committee concludes its inquiry into how and why lander Vikram lost the communication link with the master control room, ISRO and SpaceIL of Israel plan to put their heads together and exchange notes to pinpoint common factors in the powered descent of both the landers which caused them to lose communication links in the last few moments of the landing process.
The key suspect in Vikram lander of Chandrayan-2 is a "Laser Retro-Reflector Arrays Package" of NASA carried as a psassive experimental module, for US scientists to 'take accurate measurements of the distance between the Earth and the Moon'. The instrument, which has been attached to the lander, is also able to precisely mention the location of the lander near/on the Moon's surface. Coincidentally, Beresheet lander of Israel also carried the same laser retroreflector arrays package from NASA.
During the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held at Texas, US, in Mar '18, NASA had confirmed that Chandrayan-2 lander Vikram and Israeli lander Beresheet, would carry these NASA owned laser retroreflector arrays.
This lead to the suspicion as while there are many such laser reflectors left on the Moon surface by previous unmanned and manned Moon landings for the purpose of measurement of the distance between the Earth and the Moon and that now no more measurements are left to be done, as enough measurements have already been done, then why is this initiative from NASA on the two novice moon landing attempts being made?
The possible answer is not to let them succeed(!) for many reasons known and unknown, by knocking them out at the fag end of descent by "Laser Target Illumination" from Earth on to the "Laser Retro-Reflector Arrays" and pumping high power laser from its space roving secret laser weapon platform. By this way there will be no suspicion as the laser illumination and laser pumping cannot be detected by any means until human(s) physically go on to the Moon surface to the ill fated landers to investigate the cause of failure, which never will happen!
What is this secret space based laser weapon being accused about here? It is the US Air Force's X-37B military space plane that has been circling Earth, the robotic X-37B launched on its fifth and latest mission, is also known as Orbital Test Vehicle 5 (OTV-5). This is a reusable spacecraft, which looks like a miniature version of NASA's space shuttle, has been zipping around our planet and exactly what the X-37B is doing up there remains a topic of much speculation. Although the Air Force has disclosed some of the payloads that have flown to orbit on the X-37B, most of the space plane's on board gear is classified, as are the details of its orbital activities. This secrecy has led to some speculation that the vehicle is some sort of space based laser weapon, perhaps one designed to take out enemy satellites. However, the Air Force has always denied this notion, insisting that the X-37B is just testing out technologies for future spacecraft and carrying various experiments up to space and back.
If the facts are put together, dotting the 'i'(s) and crossing the 't'(s), both the ill-fated landers which have been forcibly fitted with these retrolaser reflectors arrays package by NASA on the pretext of of Earth-Moon distance measurement, both landers having faced similar failure during final descent phase, known history of US going to any extent to maintain its technology dominance and be the first to test its latest weapon systems, likely vested interest in the rare resources of the Moon and many other reasons; only time will reveal.......it is possible that both the landers are victims of US clandestine attack with its prototype space based latest laser weapon system!
Note. Adapted from What'sApp.
My take.
Fact or fiction?
Tailpiece.
The rain seems to be over, at least for now. The sun was bright making it warm and humid. Rema and Padmakumar had fetched up by a half past 10. They are one of the sponsors of the 'Krisnanattam' this evening and the subject is 'Swayamvaram'!
At least two ISRO scientists familiar with the space agency's plans have told that after ISRO's failure analysis committee concludes its inquiry into how and why lander Vikram lost the communication link with the master control room, ISRO and SpaceIL of Israel plan to put their heads together and exchange notes to pinpoint common factors in the powered descent of both the landers which caused them to lose communication links in the last few moments of the landing process.
The key suspect in Vikram lander of Chandrayan-2 is a "Laser Retro-Reflector Arrays Package" of NASA carried as a psassive experimental module, for US scientists to 'take accurate measurements of the distance between the Earth and the Moon'. The instrument, which has been attached to the lander, is also able to precisely mention the location of the lander near/on the Moon's surface. Coincidentally, Beresheet lander of Israel also carried the same laser retroreflector arrays package from NASA.
During the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held at Texas, US, in Mar '18, NASA had confirmed that Chandrayan-2 lander Vikram and Israeli lander Beresheet, would carry these NASA owned laser retroreflector arrays.
This lead to the suspicion as while there are many such laser reflectors left on the Moon surface by previous unmanned and manned Moon landings for the purpose of measurement of the distance between the Earth and the Moon and that now no more measurements are left to be done, as enough measurements have already been done, then why is this initiative from NASA on the two novice moon landing attempts being made?
The possible answer is not to let them succeed(!) for many reasons known and unknown, by knocking them out at the fag end of descent by "Laser Target Illumination" from Earth on to the "Laser Retro-Reflector Arrays" and pumping high power laser from its space roving secret laser weapon platform. By this way there will be no suspicion as the laser illumination and laser pumping cannot be detected by any means until human(s) physically go on to the Moon surface to the ill fated landers to investigate the cause of failure, which never will happen!
What is this secret space based laser weapon being accused about here? It is the US Air Force's X-37B military space plane that has been circling Earth, the robotic X-37B launched on its fifth and latest mission, is also known as Orbital Test Vehicle 5 (OTV-5). This is a reusable spacecraft, which looks like a miniature version of NASA's space shuttle, has been zipping around our planet and exactly what the X-37B is doing up there remains a topic of much speculation. Although the Air Force has disclosed some of the payloads that have flown to orbit on the X-37B, most of the space plane's on board gear is classified, as are the details of its orbital activities. This secrecy has led to some speculation that the vehicle is some sort of space based laser weapon, perhaps one designed to take out enemy satellites. However, the Air Force has always denied this notion, insisting that the X-37B is just testing out technologies for future spacecraft and carrying various experiments up to space and back.
If the facts are put together, dotting the 'i'(s) and crossing the 't'(s), both the ill-fated landers which have been forcibly fitted with these retrolaser reflectors arrays package by NASA on the pretext of of Earth-Moon distance measurement, both landers having faced similar failure during final descent phase, known history of US going to any extent to maintain its technology dominance and be the first to test its latest weapon systems, likely vested interest in the rare resources of the Moon and many other reasons; only time will reveal.......it is possible that both the landers are victims of US clandestine attack with its prototype space based latest laser weapon system!
Note. Adapted from What'sApp.
My take.
Fact or fiction?
Tailpiece.
The rain seems to be over, at least for now. The sun was bright making it warm and humid. Rema and Padmakumar had fetched up by a half past 10. They are one of the sponsors of the 'Krisnanattam' this evening and the subject is 'Swayamvaram'!
