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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."
Talk about a whole new meaning to the term Outsourcing!
This just goes to prove the technical prowess Indians and India has. Of course there will be a backlash from the usual suspects about how India can afford to send rockets and blah! Atomic Energy, Space, Computer Software, Pharmaceuticals, Textiles, BioTech are just some of the fields in which Indians dare i say are amongst the Top 5. Sooner than later, the world will have to live with the fact the Indians and Chinese are going command respect and will no longer be looked down upon.
...what color curry does it burn for fuel? Red I presume? I just had red curry chicken yesterday, and wow is that stuff hot.
FATMOUSE + YOU = FATMOUSE
I guess this puts them one up on the Cowboys.
Telecommuting! What about socialization?