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Indian Rocket Blasts into Space
Quacking Duck writes "Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched it's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C7) rocket from the Srikharikota launch-pad. The rocket carried 4 satellites into space, 2 Indian and one each from Argentina and Indonesia. Interestingly, one of ISRO's payloads, Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1), expected to return to Earth 13 days after launch, will be the first test of its re-entry mechanism. This is a step towards ISRO's ambitious goal of designing and building a cheap reusable launch vehicle. ISRO is also planning a manned mission to the moon, Chandrayan-1, which is expected to use a modified PSLV rocket which was used for this launch. This successful launch comes close on the heels of the failed July 2006 GSLV lauch which had ended in an expensive fireworks display over the Bay of Bengal. Another GSLV launch is planned for later this year."
We can outsource NASA!
My impression is they've become arrogant and bloated over the years. A little low-cost competition shouldn't hurt them too bad.
That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
I tell you what, you stand under the launch pad and then decide whether a rocket blasts off or lifts off.
Yes the UK struggles along with the worlds 6th largest GDP, it's hell here in the second tier.
Thank you come again!
There was this Indian joke:
Q. What do you call one Pakistani on the moon ?
A. Problem
Q. What do you call two Pakistanis on the moon ?
A. Problem
Q. What do you call all Pakistanis on the moon ?
A. Problem solved