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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"
Look, I respect you for your contributions to FreeBSD and other projects, Terry, but don't fuck around here. The standard for just about every good manufactured in America and Europe is significantly higher than that what we get out of nations like India and China.
In America and Europe, life has a high value. When America lost astronauts in the 1960s through to the 2000s, the nation as a whole felt it and we all hurt very deeply. Frankly, I don't know if that'd be the case in India.
Their software is a good indication of this lack of care. They don't even give the slightest fuck if it works or not. I mean, not even to the smallest degree. Even an American or European student in a high school programming course puts more emphasis on correctness and much greater care into their school projects. Yes, that's how bad it often is when dealing with software written in India.
Don't downplay their inability to write good software just for the sake of argument, Terry. It's just not worth it when lives are at risk.
Really? You think economics began with the steam engine also? Retard.
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
The notion that there is such a strong equivalence between governments "distorting markets" and economic bubbles isn't taken seriously outside libertarian circle-jerks. You do know that, right?
Grinding poverty never seemed to hold the US back... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7106726.stm
Perhaps you missed the Slashdot article about the expansion of basic research in China? And the notion that India is a one trick pony is so bizarre and divorced from reality I don't know how to address it. To be honest, I think you are simply being racist here.
What the hell is that? Did you read that in Guns n' Ammo or something? Its not an argument at all.
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
I laughed.
First I laughed at the call-center joke.
Then I laughed at the douche who wrote four paragraphs accusing someone else of an "inflated sense of superiority".
I see by your ID you are not new here, but did you forget the rules that say don't let facts get in the way of a good Bush and USA bashing? And of course that bashing has to be modded to +5 when it really needs a -5 (Troll) rating.
Obama actually isn't in control either. I think some combination of his Chicago advisers, Pelosi and Reid are. For someone with his credentials, you take away his teleprompter and you wouldn't know he went to Harvard. When things are going wrong everyone in DC likes to blame everyone else so there isn't much difference there to be sure. At least Bush gave many millions of Iraqis back their country while Obama wants his Government to take over all of ours.