Twitterati slam Pakistan users for trolling Chandrayaan-2 mission

New Delhi: Twitterati on Saturday came hard on trolls coming from Pakistan after communication with the Vikram lander was lost while it was descending to the moon's South Pole.

Announcing loss of the communication link, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan said that the performance of the lander was as per the plan till it was at an altitude of 2.1 km from the moon surface. The communication link got snapped after that.

Reacting to the trolls, Tweeple slammed Pakistani handles for short-sightedness and unable to understand the significance of this mission for the sub-continent.

"Dear Pakistanis, This Is Not Our Failure. The first success we had was that we tried to enter a place where no one could



enter We have not lost that victory throughout That victory is a little far from usaCE Think of your situation before criticizing others," wrote another.

Meanwhile, the 2,379 kg Chandrayaan-2 orbiter continues to fly around the moon. Its mission life is one year.

"For starters, India hasn't failed. We have reached Mars. We almost reached an unexplored location on the moon. We are progressing amazingly well in space research," said a Twitter user.

One user wrote: "At least people are taught to pursue science instead of being encouraged to become suicide bombers."

Officials at the space agency's telemetry, tracking and command network (Istrac) were checking out the problem and the data was being analysed.