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India Plans Moon Mission by 2008

Posted by michael on from the nasa-plans-to-sit-on-its-laurels dept.

LPetrazickis writes "According to the Tribune, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has announced today that India will send a spacecraft to the moon by 2008. The Chandrayaan-I mission will showcase Indian achievements in science and technology to the world. Both European and Canadian Space Agencies have shown interest in the mission. SifyNews reports that 2008 was initially mispronounced as 1908. Today is the 56th anniversary of India's independence." Previous talk about this has come from the Indian space agency; this announcement from the Prime Minister seems to have more weight.

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  1. correction, Africa is a continent(no post) by HanzoSan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just making a correction to my previous post.

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  2. WAIT A MINUTE......... by Allnighterking · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They can't fly to the moon.... I mean ..... heck, where are they going to outsource all the programing and manufacturing to?

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