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Chandrayaan-1 Successfully Reaches 100km Lunar Orbit

Posted by timothy on from the what-hath-man-wrought dept.

Matt_dk writes "Today, Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has successfully reached its intended operational orbit at a height of about 100 km from the lunar surface. This followed a series of three orbit reduction manoeuvres conducted during the past three days by repeatedly firing the spacecraft's 440 Newton Liquid Engine. The next major event of Chandrayaan-1 mission planned in the coming days is the release of Moon Impact Probe (MIP) from the spacecraft and its eventual hitting of the moon's surface."

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  1. Great. by 2names · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now the moon is going to fall out of the sky.

    And I JUST GOT CABLE!

    --
    "I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
    1. Re:Great. by shashark · · Score: 4, Funny

      The Moon is a harsh mistress.

  2. Global cooperation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So when America returns to the moon, they can look forward to a variety of tasty lunar takeout joints already established by the Indians and Chinese. The resulting outbreaks of explosive diarrhea can be put to good use in terraforming the moon.

  3. new plot by ad0n · · Score: 5, Funny

    can't wait for the bollywood industry to set their hindi love films in space.. (cue dancers)

  4. apollo lander module? by krystar · · Score: 4, Funny

    so did they take pix of the supposed apollo landing site to prove once and for all whether or not the moon landing was fake?

  5. Just what we needed in this financial crisis! by WiglyWorm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we can outsource all of Houston Mission Control's operations to India, it should be a real cost saving measure.

  6. Lucky the Americans didn't set up base permanently by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mind you it's lucky the Americans haven't set up base permanently, otherwise none of the astronauts who visited would be able to get back into their spaceships and come back. They'd all be too obese to fit through the hatches of their lunar modules from eating the high quality cuisine the USA has given the world, supersized burgers and fries washed down with gallon buckets of coca-cola... ;-)