India's Chandrayaan-2 lander appears to have crashed. The cheaper approach to spaceflight isn't necessarily better.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/science/india-moon-landing-chandrayaan-2.html …
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Replying to @kchangnyt
That's a disappointing statement. When you want an affordable yet hi-tech phone or gadgetry in the present day, then why can't attempts be made to have economic space missions.
All our @isro Missions have made it surely possible and it's incredible.


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Just like you probably don't want the cheapest phone, but rather one that's a good value for the money, there are trade-offs between the price tag and the return on investment.
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One failure is not a disaster (for space missions not involving astronauts). If ISRO bounces back like SpaceX has from its missteps, that would be great.
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