The August 23 moon landing scored by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with its Chandrayaan-3 mission is also the story of how an efficient performance analysis helped the space agency bounce back in style from a setback, V. Narayanan, Director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), has noted.
Dr. Narayanan, who has headed the LPSC since January 2018, had chaired the national-level expert committee which analysed the reasons for the 2019 Chandrayaan-2 lander crash and recommended vital improvements that were incorporated in Chandrayaan-3.
“A multidisciplinary review by the nine-member panel had analysed all aspects of the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft’s performance and submitted its report within a month. Improvements were recommended in most of the systems to enhance their reliability. Practically all the recommendations, barring one or two which were not seen as vital, were implemented,” Dr. Narayanan told The Hindu on Monday.
