The Chennai Man Who Searched, Found Moon Lander Debris

This mechanical engineer spent several sleepless nights searching for the remains of India’s moon lander.

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01:00And if you look at the last telemetry data Vikram Danda was transmitting, it was something

01:14like 2.1 kilometer from altitude and it was something like one kilometer from the intended

01:19landing spot.

01:20So that's where we, communication was lost to ISRO.

01:22So I just concluded that if it has to be there, it has to be in the two square kilometer surrounding

01:29area of the intended landing location and I just considered all my efforts only on that

01:33surrounding area.

01:34I didn't search on north or somewhere far away from it actually.

01:59I think this should inspire a lot of people.

02:12So that's my only goal from this, I would say, only achievement from this.