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Indian Moon Mission To Launch Next Month

Posted by timothy on from the goa-head-with-launch dept.

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.

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  1. Hmm. Maybe thats closer to 84 million USD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not quite so good but still cheap.

    Perhaps we should outsource NASA?

  2. namaste by Monkey-some · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is nice to see a nation like India, who got quite a few brilliant people, enters into the space race "as a major player".

  3. Re:Thank you, come again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First they laugh at you ... then they ignore you ... then they fight you ... then you win ...