Published 20:23 IST, August 16th 2019

India already on Moon: Bodhi tree leaf aboard Israeli spacecraft believed to have survived crash-landing

According to international news reports, a leaf from the ancient Bodhi Tree under which Lord Buddha is believed to have attained Nirvana was aboard the Israeli spacecraft 'Beresheet' which crash into the moon after failing to land on the lunar surface on April 11

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While Chandrayaan 2 is set to land on South Pole of Moon on 20 August 2019, recent international reports have discovered that a part of India is alrey on moon!

According to international news reports, a leaf from ancient Bodhi Tree under which Lord Buddha is believed to have attained Nirvana was aboard Israeli craft 'Beresheet' which crash into moon after failing to land on lunar surface on April 11.

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What is Beresheet?

first privately-funded craft to Moon  - Beresheet was launched on February 21 aboard a X Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral. project cost US$100 million.

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Reports also state that Beresheet was carrying a digital 'Lunar Library' containing numerous relics from Earth from US-based nprofit Arch Mission Foundation in an attempt to create “a backup of planet Earth.”

relics included over 30 million ps of data  archive of human history and civilization Wearable Rosetta disc, PanLex database, Torah, children's drawings, a children's book inspired by launch, memoirs of a Holocaust survivor, Israel's national anm, Israeli flag, and a copy of Israeli Declaration of Independence and dehydrated tardigres – water bears.

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Apart from se Israeli relics reports have stated that Beresheet carried leaf and some soil from Bodhi tree, tes on Hindi, Urdu, music, earth from sacred caves in India. It also carried relics from India, China, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal, and Tibet.

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What happened to relics after crash?

Being optimistic of Lunar Library,  Arch Mission Foundation stated on its website:

“It is believed that Lunar Library survived crash of Beresheet and is intact on Moon according to our team of scientific visors based on imry data provided by NASA.”

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This h me fans wonder if Lunar Library survived does it mean 'tardigres' - water bears are first species to live on moon? But many believe that with atmosphere or water, re’s practically chance y could revive mselves out of ir dormant dehydrative state.    

 

20:05 IST, August 16th 2019