Plant the Tri-colour on the moon: Dr Kalam had said

Dr Abdul Kalam was a proud man when the Chandrayaan, India's first moon mission was launched. A patriot to the core, it was Dr Kalam's idea to plant the tri-colour on the moon.

At the launch, Dr Kalam was like a child, clapping his hands and punching his fist. He watched the developments keenly and as he came out to speak to the media, he was simply too overwhelmed and said, " yes we have done it." [APJ Abdul Kalam: Profile]

Dr Kalam was like a child:

His excitement knew no bounds and watching from close quarters at the Chandayaan launch only gave the impression that the child in him is still present. The mood at the ISRO was extremely upbeat and watching Dr Kalam only made the entire event even better. [Top quotes by APJ Abdul Kalam]

Chandrayaan had flown 3,86,000 km from the earth and as Dr Kalam sat down and watched at the ISRO Telemetry,Tracking and Command Network at Peenya, Bangalore in November 2008, all of us knew that the achievement was major.

Kalam said place the Tricolour on the moon:

Every one was upbeat and ISRO had said that India could acehive anything it wanted. However the man to watch out for Abdul Kalam and he was clearly over the moon. ["Unfulfilled dream" of becoming a pilot: Dr Kalam wanted to 'fly']

At ISRO all of us were told that it was Dr Kalam's idea to plant the Indian Flag on the moon. India has the flag on Mount Everest and now it is time to place it on the moon.

Watching Dr Kalam punch his fist in the air at the Tricolour was placed only showed how excited he was and not to mention the levels of patriotism. ["My dear soldiers": Dr Kalam's blessings for the armed forces]

"India has the flag on Mount Everest and now it is on the moon. I congratulate ISRO on this remarkable achievement," he had said.