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Indian Moon Mission Launched

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the to-the-moon-alice dept.

hackerdownunder writes "India's maiden lunar mission (Chandrayaan-1) got off to a flying start today. Describing the launch as 'perfect and precise,' the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), G Madhavan Nair, said that it would be 14 days before the satellite would enter into lunar orbit. Chandrayaan carries eleven payloads: five designed and developed in India, three from the European Space Agency, one from Bulgaria and two from NASA."

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  1. mission control transcript by retech · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This is Chandrayaan-1 we have a problem."

    "You have reached mission control. Your call is very important to us. Please hold and the next available representative will be with you shortly."

    "This is Chandrayaan-1 we are losing thrust and are off course."

    "Remember, mission control is here for you. Have you heard about our latest service pack upgrades and special licensing agreements? Press one now if you'd like to hear more. If not, continue holding and your call will be answered in the order recieved. Thank you for calling mission control!"

    1. Re:mission control transcript by No-Cool-Nickname · · Score: 2, Funny

      'Thees ess Bahb. I am bery glad to be helping you today. I understand that you are habbing a problem with your thrusters?'

      -Yes. Thruster 2 failed and we are .9% off course, we anticipate impact with the moon surface in 13 hours. We have attempted a manual restart and noted the ignition coil of thruster 2 had failed.

      'Mmmm. Have you attempted to restart the thrusters?'

      -Yes, dammit. I attempted a manual restart and the ignition coil has failed.

      'Hmmm. Uh-huh. Could we attempt a manual restart of the thruster now?'

      -We could but the DAMN IGNITION COIL has failed!!!

      'Yes. I understand. So go ahead and restart the thruster, using the manual restart. To initiate a manual restart, press the manual...'

      -OK, OK, OK. I did it. It still failed.

      '...restart button on the engine control panel. The manual restart will fire the ignition coil in approximately 30 seconds.'

      -THE IGNITION COIL HAS FAILED!!!

      'So how is the weather there?'

      -WTF?!!?! I'M IN SPACE. It's cold, and black, and I am hurdling at a big rock.

      'Yes, it does not get very cold here. I am in Bangalor, India.'

      -Listen Bijay. This is Sandeep. We had lunch in the cafeteria together two days ago. Set down the script and help me restart this thrust.

      'Mmmmm. Did the thruster restart?'

  2. Re:f1r5t m00nlanding by martin_henry · · Score: 5, Funny

    About 18.2 minutes later, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair declared the launch successful which sent over a 1000 space scientists into a bout of jubilation. ( Watch )

    Yeah that party sounds like it would be 'off the hook'!

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  3. Re:How things are turning out. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Not only did you use the wrong "their", but you misspelled it.

  4. Hope they are smarter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    If their rocket engineering is anything like their software engineering, they will probably blow themselves up or end up in Nevada and think it's the moon.

  5. Re:How things are turning out. by trongey · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Give a man unemployment pay and you feed him for a month. Teach a man to design radiation hardened telecom transceivers and you feed him (and 100 others) for life.

    Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll spend his days in a boat, drinking beer and getting sunburned.

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  6. Back to the Moon shot.... by cayenne8 · · Score: 1, Funny
    I thought this space shot was for a much simpler reason...

    First Quickie Mart on the moon!!!

    Thank you...come again....

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  7. Re:How things are turning out. by u-235-sentinel · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder which society has better long term prospects for its people, economy, and Government?

    So are you saying rather than complaining about the US and stating we're moving to Canada we should say "That's it! I'm moving to India!"?

    Doesn't have the same ring to it

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  8. Re:How things are turning out. by ramon_omar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Show a man to a fire and he'll be warm for the night. Set that man on fire and he'll be warm the rest of his life.

  9. Indian Moon Mission by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    India has a Moon?

  10. Re:How things are turning out. by canajin56 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you diminish your fish market share.

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    ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI
  11. curb my enthusiasm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Congratulations to India.

    But as an outside observer, a moonshot seems like a 3-pointer while you are being blown out 65-22 (update 65-25) in a basketball game.

    One step at a time for sure, but India seems to lag in many key areas.

  12. Re:How things are turning out. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Give a fish a man and it will eat for weeks.

  13. Re:Old-Fashioned Navel-Gazing by turgid · · Score: 2, Funny

    You have all of the answers. Great philosophers have been seeking them since ancient times.

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  14. Re:Old-Fashioned Navel-Gazing by rhyder128k · · Score: 2, Funny

    Obviously god put some oil there when He made the moon.

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    Michael Reed, freelance tech writer.