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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."

2 of 305 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How things are turning out. by partenon · · Score: 5, Informative

    India is not / no longer part of the third world.

    I agree with everything you said, excepted the quote above. India *is* part of the Third World in all the definitions I know:

    - Not aligned with either the West or East in Cold War
    - Not a country with high HDI (Human Development Index)
    - Is a "developing country"

    But maybe you have another definition for it?

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    ilex paraguariensis for all
  2. Re:Old-Fashioned Navel-Gazing by HungryHobo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Cut down version of the above:

    They made it easier for companies to outsource to india and invested in education so they had something to sell(labour).