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India Debating Manned Space Flight
alphakappa writes "India's moon mission and other space programs have been covered before on Slashdot. India is now debating sending a manned space mission and has acknowledged it's technological preparedness to do so in the next 6-7 years if given the go-ahead. The issues being debated before starting work on the mission include cost-benefit and other space priorities. (These missions also play host to international experiments) What does the general slashdot crowd think of these space plans?"
With Hundreds of Indians attached to the spacecraft in anyways they can fit in hanging off the edges blasing into space?
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Because the government can outsouce it launches to save money.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Excellent. Now Nasa will have someone they can outsource to who will lose less spacecraft and personnel.
They manage to fit the American ego in there, so I don't see why not.
liqbase
I bet they do it about 25% of the price.
Although they'll have to outsource to Americans that used to work at NASA
NASA: "Hello? This is Gutmar."
INDIA: "Yeah, 'Gutmar', your real name is something like 'David' or 'Paul' isn't it? Damned Americans taking our jobs."
NASA: "My Friend, I cannot tell you where I am. It is not our policy My Friend."
I'm tired of all this talk I here about out-sorcerer-ing this and out-sorcerer-ing that. Are our own witches, warlocks and wizards not good enough? Do the incantations of home-grown covens no longer work? Is even "Charmed" to be produced in another country? I can't take it anymore !
Confined Space + Vindaloo Farts = Unpleasant Voyage.
Venugopal:OH DAMMIT, you don' bring chicken tikka with you Apu???
Apu:OH very sorry, Venu! I no bring with me!
Venugopal:OH my goodness!! what will we ever do??? turn this damn ship around and go get some!!!
Apu:But it cost too much money for fuel! No can go back Venu!
Venugopal:DAMMIT DAMMIT!! I am Venugopal!! i want chicken tikka dammit!! You shouldnt be astronaught Apu! You go back to driving CAB!!
Apu:At least I don' work at Kwik-e-Mart!!
The only hitch is that they dont' have a visa to enter space. :) If they do, odds are that is that the Gujus(Gujaratis) will have populated most of space with space motels in 7-8 years!
(speaking as one has to do visa submission for wife for every fucking country we have to go to) If India is so advanced why is indian citizenship worth shite? Gah.
sri
The United States of America is the Shining City on the Hill, a candle in the dark and an example for the rest of the world. If we want to eliminate self-delusion and jingoism in China, we're going to have to start by eliminating it in our own backyard.
[o]_O
Rumor has it the first Indian space shuttle will be equipped with six robotic arms.
That is SOOO funny!! You're actually bein racist too but you pretend not to be by acting like you disagree with it! But I guess if you told n*ggers there was watermelon or BBQ chicken in space, I suppose they would manage to swing from trees into space....a n*gger will do anything for watermelon!! :-)
Canada is obviously delaying putting people into space until after they develop a reliable method for brewing beer in zero gravity...
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
What does the general slashdot crowd think of these space plans?"
Out of this world!
really will be called Apu...