why is it so impressive that India landed on the South side of the Moon?
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Lunar landings are hard. There is no atmosphere to brake against, so you have to use engines to kill all your horizontal speed. Plus the surface is pretty rough and your landing software has to find a smooth patch to land in. The Russians just tried this and crashed. It’s a hard problem and ISRO did great work to make this happen.
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