Chandrayaan-1 Successfully Reaches 100km Lunar Orbit

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."

Comments

Is that an I J or K motor?

[jbeaupre]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_rocket_motor_classification

Re:apollo lander module?

[ashitaka]

The Terrain Mapping Camera on board has a 5m resolution so even something as big as the LEM descent unit or the lunar rovers will only be 1 pixel in size.

Not enough to shut the hoaxers up. (Not that anything short of dumping them on the lunar surface will)

Re:Just what we needed in this financial crisis!

[jbezorg]

You'll get use to it because it's kinda like someone thinking all U.S. Citizens are obese, xenophobic, gun toting rednecks. Just gotta laugh when you know it's a joke and... shoot the foreigner who think it's true. Then go get some beer and waddle up to the all-you-can-eat buffet.

Re:India's first astronaut

[XchristX]

Hate crimes do take place against the disadvantaged groups in rural areas from time to time. The difference is that the educated middle class (numbering 300 million people from many walks of life) generally takes a dim view on caste intolerance in the country. I myself am middle class, and the product of an intercaste marriage (mother's family is a "high-caste" Brahmin though poor refugees from East Pakistan, father's family is a Dalit "untouchable" though relatively wealthy) and there never were any problems from anybody. Plus, India outlaws any discrimination against disadvantaged peoples, and has 50% affirmative action in schools, colleges and jobs for all disadvantaged peoples.