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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.
The more countries (and private groups) we have performing these types of missions, the better.
We can't expect the U.S. to do it alone, given all the poor and homeless people in the U.S., the recent financial system meltdown, and the large number of people in the penal system in the U.S.
The U.S. has other worries. Let Europe, India and China inherit the moon.
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It would be "houston, we problem have", to fix the original quote and flawed translation, ijit.
From my travels, I have learnt that most non-native English speakers use broken English, whether they be in India, the US, UK, Far East, or Middle East. The way you treat your own language shows what respect you have for its proper form.
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"While the spacecraft itself will not land on the Moon, it will act as an orbiter and land a rover on the surface." So it's going to act as a land rover on the moon, but not land on the moon???? good luck with that.