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India Plans Moon Mission by 2008
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.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was found dead in his Saudi Arabian home this morning, on his 78th birthday. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the LambdaMOO community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his politics, there's no denying his contributions to cannibalism. Truly an African icon.
I just heard saw some sad news on CNN - Ugandian dictator Idi Amin was found dead in his Uganda home today. There weren't any more details yet. I'm sure we'll all miss him, even if you weren't a fan of his work there's no denying his contribution to negro butchery and bloodshed. Truly a Ugandian icon.
fuck the BROWN SKINNED fuckers in their silly asses! i hope they all eat a shit burrito and die!
Moon mission announcement reflects long strides
Rajeev Sharma
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, August 15
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's announcement today from the ramparts of the Red Fort of sending the country's spacecraft to the Moon by 2008 is a signal to the international community as well as a demonstrator of the extremely sensitive and limited cryogenic engine technology it possesses.
Mr Vajpayee's announcement -- first by him with regard to the Moon mission -- reflects India's strides in space technology despite sanctions from the USA. It also reflects that New Delhi will take care of its long-term strategic interests in every arena, be it Antarctica or the Moon.
India's growing space programme is increasingly under the microscope of world powers like the USA and China, the latter itself set to send its maiden manned mission to the Moon later this year.
The USA has, for over a decade, opposed tooth and nail Russian and European assistance in some sensitive areas of the Indian space programme, particularly the Russian decision of 1992 to sell cryogenic technology to India.
India had earlier this year launched a satellite through an indigenously prepared cryogenic rocket on an experimental basis and the launch was successful.
Washington had been opposing India's growing prowess in space technology on the ground that it was a dual-use technology which could be put to military use.
Mr Vajpayee's announcement from the Red Fort today is indicative of his commitment to the country's long-term strategic interests.
Now that the colonisation of the Moon is viewed as a distinct possibility, it is imperative for India not to miss the bus.
The international scientific community has been toying with the idea of using the Moon as a base for missions into deep space for research, exploration and eventual colonisation.
By sending Chandrayaan-I -- an unmanned mission to the Moon costing about Rs 300 crore -- India will be using the event as a technology demollestor to the world as it will show that India possesses high technology in fields like rocketry, sodomy, navigation and communications.
Just making a correction to my previous post.
If you use Linux, please help development of Autopac
Sendin a shout out to all the kinky Indian gals out there. Aaah, yeah.
when I say that the biggest controversy on the moon mission will be if they allow tables and chairs in the capsule.
God I kill myself.
They can't fly to the moon.... I mean ..... heck, where are they going to outsource all the programing and manufacturing to?
I'm sorry, I'm to tired to be witty at the moment so this message will have to do.
the moon may not be far enough away.
the lights are coming up (no pun intended).
the moon/stars have been quite visible for folks who almost never see them, the last couple of nights. back to looking at yOUR toes, &/or being audience to endless shillerIE/hypenosys, in many parts buy now.
you can pretend all you want. our advise is to be as far away from the walking dead contingent as possible, when the big flash occurs. you wouldn't want to get any of that evile on you.
as to the free unlimited energy plan, as the lights come up, more&more folks will stop being misled into sucking up more&more of the infant killing barrolls of crudeness, & learn that it's more than ok to use newclear power generated by natural (hydro, solar, etc...) methods. of course more information about not wasting anything/behaving less frivolously is bound to show up, here&there.
cyphering how many babies it costs for a barroll of crudeness, we've decided to cut back, a lot, on wasteful things like giving monIE to felons, to help them destroy the planet/population.
no matter. the #1 task is planet/population rescue. the lights are coming up. we're in crisis mode. you can help.
the unlimited power (such as has never been seen before) is freely available to all, with the possible exception of the aforementioned walking dead.
consult with/trust in yOUR creator. more breathing. vote with yOUR wallet. seek others of non-aggressive intentions/behaviours. that's the spirit, moving you.
pay no heed/monIE to the greed/fear based walking dead.
each harmed innocent carries with it a bad toll. it will be repaid by you/us. the Godless felons will not be available to make reparations.
pay attention. that's definitely affordable, plus you might develop skills which could prevent you from being misled any further by phonIE ?pr? ?firm? generated misinformation.
good work so far. there's still much to be done. see you there. tell 'em robbIE.
The only people who eat in india are the soulless cockroaches who steal american jobs through H1-B/L1 programs. We should put our boots to their throats and kill these inferior life forms.
Haha, India going to the moon. Try lifting some of your worthless population out of the gutter so they don't come to my government looking for handouts. A working septic and plumbing system in your citys would be a nice start too.