The moon is now open for business

While astrophysicists believe that Chandrayaan-3, which successfully landed on the moon on Wednesday, will give us a clear picture on how our planet was formed, space experts and executives believe this lunar mission will offer the potential for innovative spin-off technologies, and will help the private sector get more investments in the future.

“The now-proven propulsion and landing capability, planned studies and experiments to explore resources like water and helium-3 will help make the moon a base for future habitation and explorations,” Prof Somak Raychaudhury, vice-chancellor, Ashoka University, and a noted astrophysicist who has previously served as the Director of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, told ET.