New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Prime Minister, who was at the ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru on Saturday, encouraged the scientists present there and said that "our determination to touch the moon has become even stronger and the best is yet to come."
"You are the ones who live for the country. You are the ones who sacrifice your own dreams and spend sleepless nights to keep India's head high," said PM Modi while interacting with scientists at ISRO headquarters.
This comes after the ISRO announced that communication with the Chandrayaan 2 lander was lost.
He further said that India will rise to the occasion and reach even newer heights of success.
“We will rise to the occasion and reach even newer heights of success. To our scientists I want to say- India is with you. You are exceptional professionals who have made an incredible contribution to national progress,” said PM Modi in his address.
Addressing the scientists' hours after ISRO announced that it had lost communication with the lander, he also said that the country's determination to land on the moon has become even stronger.
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PM Modi also praised the ISRO scientists and said that the whole ‘country is proud of them’ and they work for ‘India’s pride’.
“Friends I could feel what you were going through few hours back, your eyes were conveying a lot. You live for India's honour, I salute you. I understand what you went through last night. You work for India's pride,” said PM Modi.
“For the last few hours the entire nation was worried. Everyone stands in solidarity with our scientists. We are proud of our space program. Today our resolve to touch the moon has grown even stronger,” PM Modi added.
PM Modi further said that this time the ISRO came close but will have to cover more ground in the times to come.
“You are those who live for Maa Bharti, you live to see her triumph. You are those who fight for Maa Bharti. You are those who have a passion for serving Maa Bharti. You are those who devote their entire lives to see Maa Bharti's head held high,” PM Modi added.
Speaking about difficulties, PM Modi said that the country has faced some very tough moments but they have never crushed the spirit of the country. He also said that the learnings from today will make us stronger and better.
“In our illustrious history, we have faced moments that may have slowed us but they have never crushed our spirit. We have bounced back again and gone on to do spectacular things. This is the reason why our civilization stands tall,” said PM Modi.
“As important as the final result is the journey and the effort. I can proudly say that the effort was worth it and so was the journey. Our team worked hard, travelled far and those teachings will always remain with us. The learnings from today will make us stronger and better,” he said.
He further said that there is no failure in science and the difficulties faced today will make ISRO better for the future.
“Every difficulty makes us learn something new and defines are a future success. There's no failure in science, there are only experiments,” said PM Modi.
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Ending his speech, PM Modi said, “Your dreams and resolves are stronger than mine. I am meeting you not to lecture you but to get inspired from you.”
The communication with Vikram lander was lost moments before its planned landing on the south pole region of the Moon. ISRO chairman K Sivan announced that communication with the lander was lost at 2.1 km from the lunar surface.
If the lander had pulled off the historic touchdown, the country could have joined the US, Russia and China in soft landing on the lunar surface. India could have also been the first to lower its lander on the hitherto unexplored south polar region of the moon.