It was not rocket science, says Chennai techie who spotted Vikram Lander’s debris
The modest two-bedroom apartment of Shanmuga Subramanian, a 33-year-old techie in Chennai, was choc-a-bloc on Tuesday morning, packed with journalists eager to speak to him about his ‘clue’ that led to the discovery of the Vikram Lander’s debris on the moon. See the first mosaic of the impact site https://t.co/GA3JspCNuhpic.twitter.com/jaW5a63sAf — NASA December 2, 2019 Though he was reading up and following updates on the mission from space scientists and enthusiasts across the globe, his curiosity peaked when NASA released images from its Lunar Renaissance Orbiter that flew over the area of Vikram Lander’s landing. Over the next three to four days, Shan spent 7 to 8 hours a day comparing this image with images taken by LRO of the same area before Vikram Lander had crashed. Here is the before/after ratio of the impact: pic.twitter.com/xo3a2hjLCp — The Hindu December 3, 2019 “While I was initially not sure where to look, later I found the intended landing site of Vikram Lander and started looking in the adjacent squares for differences,” he said. “If ISRO also makes images public like that of NASA, it will help more aficionados like me to be involved in, and possibly contribute to the research in some small way,” he said.
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