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India Moves To Put Its First Man In Space By 2016
An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from the International Business Times: "India plans to launch its first manned space mission in 2016, moving to become the fourth nation to put a man in space. Space scientists and senior officials of the state-run ISRO are preparing a pre-project report to build the infrastructure and facilities for the mission, estimated to cost a $2.76 billion. 'We are planning a human space flight in 2016, with two astronauts who will spend seven days in the Earth's lower orbit,' Radhakrishnan told reporters at ISRO headquarters in Bangalore. In September, India's Chandrayaan-1 satellite discovered water on the moon, boosting India's credibility among established space-faring nations"
For the sake of whoever is getting sent up, I hope that they build spacecraft better than they build software, because all of the software I've seen written over there has been pretty damn awful. It's far below the quality I'd ever seen in America and Europe.
... the "dot" Indians... not the "wooo wooo wooo" Indians....
I've been around (the world) because of my work as a stewardess. A lot of the people I've met who've encountered an Indian dislike them. They do not say it openly as to avoid being accused of racist. But a lot of them really do hate that race.
As for me, I've tried to stay away from judging others by their race. But it can't be helped when all of the Indians I've met are rude and conceited. I always had Indian passengers and they are really abusive and arrogant. Most of my passengers regardless of race, were reasonably demanding with the kind of customer service we give them- I say it is only right.
But Indians are different, they demand like they have never been served before! They always think they deserve more! Lets say I have an Australian passenger, she will ask for normal things such as a drink, and then she's happy. But with an Indian, they ask it repeatedly and always demand for more- and still they are not satisfied nor happy. They bought a ticket and they think that they own the plane. Even other passengers are annoyed with them. They are very noisy. Even if, lets say they stay in economy, they are even more arrogant and demanding than our first class passengers who are mostly just quiet and refined.
What I really don't like about them is they COMPLAIN a lot! Complaining is normal when our services come short. But to complain for unreasonable things (such as asking for the kind of services we provide in 1st class even if they are only in economy) are really irritating.
Oh, and I've never met an Indian who was humble. They are always bragging about anything they'd achieve. Like how he'd studied in this college or how he'd gone to America, or how he'd work for this company. They are always conceited.
An Indian co-worker is just as bad! I admit that they are really good with "communication" despite their heavy accents, however I somehow dislike their know-it-all attitude. I think it would be too much to write when I begin ranting about this. So let it be.
Now I'm not saying they are all like this. There is no perfect race. But I am still yet to find a very nice and quiet Indian, because for now, all i have are bad memories with this race.
Ad hominem fallacy. Try again.
There wasn't modern industry, but there was economy. So your second point is as dribblingly retarded as your first.
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?