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India To Launch Mars Orbiter "Mangalyaan" Tuesday

Posted by Unknown on from the first-time's-a-charm dept.

sfcrazy writes "On Tuesday (Mangalwaar) the Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) will launch the Mars orbiter Mangalyaan from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The spaceship will take over 10 months to reach Mars and, if everything goes well, it would make India the first country to send a payload to Mars in its first attempt, and would beat close rival China whose recent mission failed."

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  1. This just in from Martian Air Defence by erice · · Score: 4, Funny

    if everything goes well, it would make India the first country to send a payload to Mars in its first attempt

    "Challenge accepted."

  2. Re:Great idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Awesome now that India has their poverty and corruption issues finally solved.

    Just like all the other slightly-spacefaring nations?

    I live in the United States, a country that has sent many probes to Mars and beyond, and there's really no poverty here, we are an exceptional nation. Our biggest problem is all these people who live off food stamps. Once we stop the food stamps, we'll be even more exceptional.

  3. It'll be late, over budget and won't work... by Petronius · · Score: 1, Funny

    i.e. it'll be outsourced. Enjoy your 42% savings margin.

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  4. Outsourcing hunt, India not cheap enough by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Martians allegedly work for 3% the wage rate of Americans. With 21 tentacles they can key in code like nobody's mama.

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