TEAM INDUS - Bengalurians Over The Moon
I guess most of you are unaware of the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition. The $30 M Google Lunar XPRIZE is an unprecedented competition to challenge and inspire engineers, entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration.
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| Team Indus : Making India Proud |
To win the Google Lunar XPRIZE, a privately funded firm must be the first to:
SUCCESSFULLY PLACE A SPACECRAFT ON THE MOON’S SURFACE
TRAVEL 500 METERS
TRANSMIT HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO AND IMAGES BACK TO EARTH
Bengaluru - based Team Indus, the only Indian team in the competition to land a privately funded craft on the Moon, recently contracted with ISRO to launch its craft around December 28 this year. Team Indus will carry a robotic rover developed by Hakuto, the Japanese team in the Google Lunar XPrize competition, to the Moon aboard the former's spacecraft. Founder Rahul Narayan said the Hakuto contract was a reaffirmation of Team Indus' technology preparedness. Hakuto's move suggests that it could either not build the required spacecraft, or sign a launch contract. Team Indus will have its own rover too aboard its craft.
The craft can carry up to 20 kg of payload of which the Japanese rover is 4 kg. The craft will also carry international university payloads and student experiments.
Team Indus' Mission is a celebration of all things great about India – the audacious goal, the young bright engineers, the can-do entrepreneurial spirit, partners who commit their resources, and the new breed of world-class entrepreneurs who have supported their mission – all of whom are united by a vision to deliver a best-in-class technology outcome entirely out of India. With the turn of events in 2016, Team Indus chances of making it to the Moon have significantly increased and they are on their way to becoming the very first privately funded space exploration mission ever.
Team Indus was one of five teams selected to compete in the Milestone prizes and successfully won $1 M as a Milestone prize for their landing technology, last year.
We wish them all success and hope they become one more reason to feel proud of our indigenous talents.
SUCCESSFULLY PLACE A SPACECRAFT ON THE MOON’S SURFACE TRAVEL 500 METERS TRANSMIT HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO AND IMAGES BACK TO EARTHThe craft can carry up to 20 kg of payload of which the Japanese rover is 4 kg. The craft will also carry international university payloads and student experiments.
Team Indus' Mission is a celebration of all things great about India – the audacious goal, the young bright engineers, the can-do entrepreneurial spirit, partners who commit their resources, and the new breed of world-class entrepreneurs who have supported their mission – all of whom are united by a vision to deliver a best-in-class technology outcome entirely out of India. With the turn of events in 2016, Team Indus chances of making it to the Moon have significantly increased and they are on their way to becoming the very first privately funded space exploration mission ever.
Team Indus was one of five teams selected to compete in the Milestone prizes and successfully won $1 M as a Milestone prize for their landing technology, last year.
We wish them all success and hope they become one more reason to feel proud of our indigenous talents.
