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India Brings Back Orbiting Satellite to Earth

Posted by timothy on from the congratulations-on-a-hard-job dept.

bharatm writes "In a pathbreaking event heralding its arrival as a space power with capability to recover an orbiting satellite, India today successfully brought back a spacecraft to earth, giving a new impetus to the proposed manned mission to space in the next decade."

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  1. Now all they need to do.... by PHAEDRU5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is test an ASAT missile.

    (I'm sure that's coming.)

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  2. Let me be the first to say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Holy Cow!

  3. Sweet by mfh · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now we can have cheap interstellar labour!

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  4. Re:And yet by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny
    India launches them. China shoots them down. And NASA spends several years and several $billion contracting with Boeing to develop a missle-proof satellite system to be ready "sometime in 2022."

    -Eric

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  5. Recovery Vehicle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    The Indian space program is now working on a recovery vehicle with four 'arms' to retrieve satellites. Here is a an artist's rendition.

    1. Re:Recovery Vehicle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      please dont make joke of our Gods (Its a Request).
      It can hurt many.

  6. Re:And yet by RafaelGCPP · · Score: 3, Funny

    And what about sharks?? That would be evil!

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  7. Best thing by Fist!+Of!+Death! · · Score: 5, Funny

    Best to retrieve it before China shoots it down I guess.

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  8. Safer on the ground by BillGatesLoveChild · · Score: 1, Funny

    > India Brings Back Orbiting Satellite to Earth

    You think they're going to leave it out there for China to shoot it down?
    It's like when you see someone practicing reverse parking on your neighbors car.
    You briskly move yours into the garage.

    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washington dc/la-fg-satellite19jan19,0,2329821.story

  9. Moonraker? by Brunellus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just started humming the theme from "Moonraker"

  10. Re:Priorities by mdwh2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, clearly, the only possible two choices are "Spend money on space" and "Spend money on food for the poor".

  11. Re:You miss something by cayenne8 · · Score: 3, Funny
    ""India launches them. The United States, Russia and China shoot them down. "

    I certainly hope not.

    This is the first step by India, hopefully, towards establishing the first Quickie Mart on the moon!!

    :-)

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