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Indian Moon Mission To Launch Next Month
Anil Kandangath writes with word that the Indian moon mission plans (mentioned earlier on Slashdot) are about to be put to the test. "While the spacecraft itself will not land on the Moon, it will act as an orbiter and land a rover on the surface. The spacecraft is being launched next month sometime between October 22 and October 26. The spacecraft payload includes 11 payloads (including one from NASA) and will perform remote sensing and studies of the lunar surface. The mission is estimated to cost Rs 386 crore (~ 84.3 million USD)." Update: 09/21 18:29 GMT by T : Thanks to reader Anil Gaddam for pointing out that this figure had been originally misstated as 7.7 million USD.
God help the US of A!
0.00129 Olympicses.
It's a space program, it's supposed to be missing decimals or digits.
In Soviet Russia meme tires of you!
At this rate, when the first space tourists reach the moon, there'll be a Kwiki-Mart there waiting for them.
And each of those includes another 11 payloads?
Very clever, young man. But it's payloads all the way down.
Maybe
Yoda is Indian?
No colour or religion ever stopped the bullet from a gun
Secret mission details: Apparently invloves 240,000 Miles of rope and a very loud flute.
Yoda? Welsh he is!
Build a Man a Fire, and He'll Be Warm for a Day. Set a Man on Fire, and He'll Be Warm for the Rest of His Life.
I think they are in collusion with the Illuminati and have Halloween evil planned for all of Earth.
I just checked, Nope. it seems that us in the illuminati dont have anything planned. In fact I believe this month is my chapter's turn at having the holy grail. I'll need to look at the great temple calender to make sure though... It might just be the boring alien communication thing again. God I hate those, the jerks from Omicron Percei 8 wont shut up.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
It has been reported that Vindaloo sauce is being used as a cheap replacement for rocket fuel- careful! that is very very HOT!
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Thats the price difference of insisting on *maned* spacecraft vers unmanned.
Names being considered for the craft are: "Horse", "Unicorn", "Lion" (Singh)...
Set your phasers on "funky"!
Sorry to be the PC police here, but "Indian" is a derogatory term for Native Americans.
-- Boycott Shell
Actually, it was just an error from Metric to Imperial units.
Bill
It's my Sig and you can't have it. Mine! All Mine!
...who thought of "That's one small step for man" in Apu's accent.
Why do Americans still use Imperial measures when Metric is the international standard?
Disclaimer: I am American and I frankly don't understand it.
Avast! It's Talk Like A Pirate Day! Today's not Talk Like Yoda Day, that's May 21, ya landlubbers!
Avast! We got a problem with the (insert discrepant part here), Cap'n!
Cap'n pulls out his pistol and shoots the officer.
moon mission next month: 400 bollywood musicals about romance on the moon to follow.
Good people go to bed earlier.