Once a failure does not mean failure always

Last couple of days the media has been harping of the lunar mission by we Indians and our news network (Indian) have been shouting (NDTV) hoarse that the mission is a failure. In contrast the International Media have been lauding the Indian scientist for having pulled off a complex mission with notable success on their first attempt. Yes the Lunar Lander Vikram lost communication with the ground station while just 2 kms above the moon surface. It would take time to analyze all the readings for the scientists at ISRO to pin the reason for this glitch and accordingly use this knowledge to rectify the same for future missions. USA had 11 attempts, Russia 7 and China 5 before they could succeed. 

In life as well as in science a failure once does not always mean always a failure. In fact most successful and famous men in the world have failed repeatedly and have endured these failures in their life. They did not give up, but got up and kept going on towards their goals and have succeeded finally. Some sadly did not find success but their work in turn has inspired others to take up the thread where it was left and complete the same. What happens during this pursuit for success is generally not known to public and there may have been multiple failures in the path to glory and  may be revealed only in the event of success.

If we have to make new discoveries in science or life then it means that we have to leap into the dark and the chances are that it may be a failure for there are no set guidelines in the dark and it is a new frontier with untold probabilities. People who fear failure will not take this leap and be just another human leading a risk free normal life. 

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In science there are failures and rejections much more often than success that are recorded over a period of time and it has never stopped committed scientist to brave all these pitfalls and prevail in the end to help mankind in all fields of science. So much progress today is due to unrelenting pursuit of life changing discoveries that these people undertook and just to name few here are Nicholas Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Louis Pasteur, Alexander Graham Bell, Wright brothers, Faraday, Alexander Fleming, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and lot more. The list of scientist and people who have contributed to the mankind is large and would run into pages.

So never give up... Keep trying and trying and am sure you would achieve your goal.