在中国的登月计划按照日程稳步前进时，印度也开始发起登月计划。

根据今日俄罗斯报道，印度国家航天机构计划向无人探索过的月球南极发射月球探测器。发射的时间定于今年7月。

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“All the [ISRO] missions, whatever we have had till now [to the moon], have all landed near the moon’s equator. This is a place where nobody has gone,” the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief, Kailasavadivoo Sivan, told the Hindu.

“所有印度空间研究组织的任务，到现在为止，都在月球赤道附近。没有人去过月球南极，“印度空间研究组织(ISRO)负责人Kailasavadivoo Sivan告诉印度民众。

“What they [China] are going to do, we don’t know. The main reason [why India is going there] is nobody has gone [to] that side till now,” Sivan said.

Kailasavadivoo Sivan说“中国有什么登月计划我们不知道。印度发射这个探测器的原因是，迄今为止还没有人去过月球的那一面。”

Via RT

根据俄罗斯卫星通讯社报道“月船2号”由三个部分组成，包括绕月轨道飞行器、月球降落舱和小型月球漫游车。

India’s second lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-2, seeks to gain access to some “new science” and information, the chairman said. For example, one of the goals of the probe is to find water on the Moon.

这位负责人说，印度的第二个月球探测器“月船2号”(Chandrayaan-2)将寻求获得一些新的科学数据和信息。例如，探测的目标之一是在月球上找到水。

这已经不是印度首次提出要进行“月船2号”发射任务了。因为各种原因，本该严谨的“月船2号”发射计划也是一拖再拖。

The launch was initially expected last year, but it was delayed several times to conduct further tests.

印度空间研究组织(ISRO)原定2018年执行“月船2号”发射任务，但是因为各种测试被推迟至2019年。

Via RT

对于这个登月计划，网友们表示：

印度又在炫了。

@Trailblazer 007 …… Show off is indian's DNA. Shooting missiles to Mars, hitting satellite stunt and now landing where no one wants to go. All useless but high esteem boasting stunts. Typical example of poor indians pretending to be rich with show off.

……炫耀是印度人的DNA。向火星发射导弹，击中卫星，现在又是登陆无人想去的地方。这些无用且自大的表演，是典型的打肿脸充胖子。

@ChimChim5 With the majority of its population starving, with nowhere to go to the bathroom...India wants to do what?

印度大部分人口都在忍饥挨饿，没有厕所……印度还是别闹了。

@Demeter 999 If you can't land on the moon concentrate on landing on the Mars. Indians should go for landing on the Sun.

如果登月不成可以试试火星，或者飞向太阳。