Bengaluru | Jagran News Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with 70 school students across the country at the ISRO headquarters to witness the soft landing of Chandrayaan-2 on the lunar surface.

However, the contact was lost with Chandrayaan-2’s lander. After this Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked up to the students and asked them not to be disappointed by setbacks in life.

While PM Modi was interacting with the students, one of them asked him to give some tips to become the President of India.

“My aim is to become President of India so what steps I should follow,” asked the boy.

PM Modi jovially asked him why doesn't he aim to become the Prime Minister instead.  

“Why President? Why not Prime Minister?” replied the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister also told the students to "aim big in life and divide targets into small parts. Go for achieving these small goals. Forget about what you missed and never let disappointment enter in the way."

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Around 70 high school students who cleared an online space quiz last month were present at the ISRO to witness the India's endeavour.

However, the communication with Chandrayaan-2’s lander Vikram was lost just 2.1 km from the lunar surface. The lander was scheduled to make soft-landing at 1:53 am, but went incommunicado just moments before.

Following the setback, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told crestfallen ISRO scientists that the nation is proud of them and asked them to "be courageous".

"There are ups and downs in life. This is not a small achievement. The nation in proud of you. Hope for the best. I congratulate you. You all have done a big service to nation, science and mankind. I am with you all the way, move forward bravely," he said.

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Later in a tweet, PM Modi said that the entire nation is proud of the scientists at ISRO and that he is still hopeful for a successful landing.

"India is proud of our scientists! They’ve given their best and have always made India proud. These are moments to be courageous, and courageous we will be! Chairman @isro gave updates on Chandrayaan-2. We remain hopeful and will continue working hard on our space programme," he tweeted.