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India Test-Fires Cryogenic Rocket Engine

Posted by michael on from the stand-waaaaaay-back dept.

alphakappa writes "Wired News reports that India has successfully testfired a cryogenic rocket engine that can be used to 'launch high-altitude satellites, send a man to the moon -- or build intercontinental ballistic missiles'. The rocket which typically has to fire for 12 minutes during flight was fired for 17 minutes during ground testing. So are we gonna see competition in the moon race? Remember, India has already spoken about sending a mission to the moon and it has joined the Galileo consortium along with China."

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  1. why the shift? by mikeee · · Score: 1, Troll

    Same reason the US did such a useless thing, to keep up with the communists (Chinese, in this case).

    It wasn't all that long ago China and India fought a small border war; their relations are not particularly friendly.

  2. The government should try to solve that problem... by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's utterly true. The Indian constitution tries to dismantle the caste system. However, the caste system still is a huge problem in India. The government should try to solve that problem rather than make cryogenic rockets, in my opinion.