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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."
I thought koota ment dog, for a sec there I was all excited at the possibility that Lassy was going to space.
> People were patronising and cynical about Japanese attempts to industrialise ...
> and develop technologies in the 1950's and 60's, say no more
True, but Pikachyu never called me during dinner.
We can tell if there is an anti-Indian trend when (1) Tom Clancy writes an Indian-bashing novel where Jack Ryan is driven insane by telemarketing calls, even on his CIA hotline, called "Debt of Phone Company" (2) Michael Cricton (name deliberately misspelt) writes (and I use the term loosely) an Indian-bashing novel called "Pappadam Rising" about the trials and dramas in an Indian callcenter. Much like his very wonky "Rising Sun" novel his research for this will probably consist of no more than a Madras Curry for lunch.