PRAGYAN AND CHANGE-4 ROVERS TO NEGOTIATE PEACE--BREAKING NEWS
BREAKING NEWS: PRAGYAN AND
CHANGE-4 ROVERS TO NEGOTIATE PEACE BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA.
A quick survey among the citizens elicited this comment “anyway they
will do a better job”
A background – this is based on facts:
The Chinese too have a rover on the moon, the latest one.
Chang'e-4 landed in the Von crater in the South side or far/ dark side ( same side as Vikram) on 3 January 2019. It
is still active as it powers
down during the two-week lunar night when temperatures plummet to below minus
170° and recharges when the Sun returns after about 14 days. Vikram lander /Pragyan
rover does not have the ability to withstand such extreme cold and hence its
instruments get destroyed during lunar nights)
The distance between the two rovers would be
roughly 1,948 km.
Now the development that is expected to have
taken place, a highly classified top-secret matter. And true to form leaked to the
media!
Chang’e -4 maybe capable of driving down quickly (only few days left) to
meet its soul mate Pragyan Rover. Apart from romantic interludes, these
two can be commanded to conduct peace negotiations. No one else to corrupt
minds there. So one can prospect a good chance of success.
Here's what happened:
Pragyan (gender neutral name under lunar
conditions) watches through its camera, someone slightly bigger and handsome,
hastily roving down towards it. First it experienced electronic disturbances,
lots of static. Soon it gave way to some exuberance and, some hope, electronically
speaking. This was evident from the instrument panel switching over to pink
light and Pragyan, kind of dancing on its wheels. Vikram, Pragyan's father module,
standing about 30 cm away, was oblivious of this development and busy trying to
figure out the latest commands from Earth. Under the circumstances, Vikram did
not expect Pragyan to experience loneliness and need for a companion and would
not have been programmed by the chaps at ISRO to deal with these complex
emotions.
Chang’e-4 came close enough now. Vikram’s
doppler laser velocimeter helped in judging the safe distance and both Vikram
and Pragyan felt unusual electromagnetic waves, streaming through its systems.
For Vikram these waves, sort off, emitted ions of some complex element through its
intelligence console. Causing the systems to quickly switch to safe mode and
emit a SOS to ISRO. As for Pragyan, the waves were radio waves through its
heart. It was love at the 1st signal! Dad's safe mode notwithstanding.
Now one is excused if one wonders how come Pragyan experienced emotion
often associated with humans. Well, it seems some romeo at ISRO, proficient in
AI had, stealthily, inserted an AI program into Pragyan, for such an eventuality.
Time
went by, both the Rovers and Vikram realised that they were not enemies and
once their instruments calmed down, they settled to communicating in light
pulses. Vikram left the two rovers to themselves, to be familiar with each other.
A rational response no humans would have managed!
Pragyan and Chang’e -4 were now
holding their probe arms together and chatting. Exploring the beautiful landscape,
purely relative to lunar surfaces, Pragyan and Chang’e exchanging coy glances through
their camera lens and even were enthralled by the beautiful and enchanting blue
round object in the sky.
Suddenly, both the rovers received a strange
signal, a short 30 sec burst of intense radio pulses, from their respective
lander modules. A series of contour maps were downloaded into their systems, along
with several complex algorithms.
They soon realised they have been assigned
their first challenge as partners on the moon. In their own brains or whatever
they have equivalent to that, they realised they must find an answer to the feud
between their creators. Kind of humans finding solutions to the feuding gods!
Time was limited for Pragyan , based on its
life span. However, Chang’e-4 quickly solved that issue. It extended unlimited
power to Pragyan to last many more months. So cute, is it not? The moon does
spin its magic after all!
Both have been immersed in the maps and the
complexities of prejudices, greed, weaknesses, and strength of the respective creators.
Several solutions were discussed over hot streams of electric pulses. All it seems
are going well.
It is believed that the accord will be signed
soon as per reports from the Craters. One proof of this is the panic it has
created in the Whitehouse and No 10-Downing Street! French, American, and
British companies manufacturing arms are finding their stocks are being
battered at the NSE. Putin off course is watching on the sidelines.
Leaders on either side, that owned the rovers,
back on earth, with one eye on the monitors, another on the elections and their
heart in the snake Manchurian and Jilebi fafda in front, are being
briefed. A joint statement is expected soon. The rover’s opening statement
has allegedly been hacked by Chinese and Indian hackers and it says: “Before colonizing the Moon or planet Mars, humans must learn to first live peacefully with
each other” Don’t you agree, these rovers have been worth more than the
investment on them. Off course thank that mystery romeo too.
Very educative. Speaks volumes about the knowledge you have about astronomy/ all this. In this blog you have really allowed your imaginations to run as wild as the moon and the mars. My foolish question first: Wasn't India the only to land its Chandrayan on South Pole of the moon? then from where did Chang'e-4 come to South Pole? Also why should Chang'e-4 be slightly bigger and more handsome? Too optimistic and charitable to say it extended unlimited power to Pragyan and all such bombastic claims favouring Chinese though
ReplyDeleteYours is not a foolish question. Its valid. There is some thing wrong in the way I put it . You see,the south pole is on the far side of the moon or the dark side. Only now humans are looking at the dark side or far side. But India went closer to the pole( south) within the far / dark side. Its like going to south India and going near Kanyakumari.
DeleteSecondly ,The Chinese rover is large and has many instruments plus is able to last .any years. So that reflected in the description. Thanks for correction g the way I put it.
Still you being too charitable to Chinese comes out starkly
ReplyDeleteJug Saraiya, Bachi Karkaria and other satirical columnists now need to bow out. You deserve a syndicated column. Very well written. Brings a lingering smile, while reading.
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