Summary:
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) It was ignorant on his part to say the ‘panchang’, an ancient almanac based on planetary positions, was used by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to launch the Mars Orbiter Mission, actor R Madhavan said on Sunday in an effort to quell the online criticism against him.
At a promotional event of his upcoming film "Rocketry: The Nambi Effect" in Chennai last week, Madhavan had said the "panchang" has a celestial map of calculations on the positions of planets, how their gravitational forces act, its effects, the solar flares, etc.
which was used while working towards inserting the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft into orbit in 2014.
A video from the event went viral on social media over the weekend with many users calling out the actor, in response to which Madhavan tweeted: "I deserve this for calling the Almanac the "Panchang" in tamil.
Very ignorant of me.
Though this cannot take away for the fact that what was achieved with just 2 engines by us in the Mars Mission.
A record by itself.