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India To Launch Mars Orbiter "Mangalyaan" Tuesday
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."
I can't stand the smell of Indian's (people) and their food (runny mush)
What happens if they need post-launch support and they get one of those damn call centers in India? FUCK. YES, we've tried turning it off and on again, NO, we can't re-image it.
if everything goes well, it would make India the first country to send a payload to Mars in its first attempt
"Challenge accepted."
Wow, the Indian space program needs to get a clue.
1. They misspelled Magellan.
2. We already have a space probe named Magellan. They should choose a different name.
But after they are done, Mars will say "Thank you, come again," right?
Awesome now that India has their poverty and corruption issues finally solved.
In case anyone was wondering, the US succeeded on the country's second attempt to launch a mission to Mars. This was the Mariner 4 flyby launched Nov 28, 1964. The first US attempt, the identical Mariner 3, failed three weeks earlier when the shroud on the launch vehicle failed to open properly.
The second attempt by the US to orbit Mars was also successful; Mariner 9 in 1971 became the first (human) probe to orbit Mars (or any other planet), followed within a month by the Russian Mars 2 and Mars 3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Mars
No pressure. You only get one first.
Hey, it's not like there are hundreds of millions of Indian kids who don't have access to clean water and are therefore at risk of major infections.
Oh.
Wait.
It is.
I for one welcome our Martian Bollywood Overlords, but wish they followed Vishnu not Kali.
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if everything goes well, it would make India the first country to send a payload to Mars in its first attempt,
That's i really big "If".
The USSR failed on their first 8 attempts starting in 1960. They managed to get some our moon on the ninth attempt five years later, still not successful in getting to Mars though. They managed to make Mars orbit in 1971 after 11 failed attempts. Granted, this was very early in manned space flight. Even so, failure is still a very common outcome for any nation attempting it. The EU made it to orbit in 2004, but the lander did not make it. Between 1988 and 1999, the US had three Mars missions that failed, The USSR/Russia 3, and Japan had one as well. In that 11 year span only the US Mars Global Surveyor and Pathfinder missions were successful.
It's not easy to get there, but I certainly wish India the best of luck doing it on the first try. That would be quite a feat.
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I imagine that the plans for their future manned mission to Mars does not contemplate running water, electricity and toilets. After all, many millions of Indians do without those all the time.
Hey, it's not like there are hundreds of millions of Indian kids who don't have access to clean water ...
No problem. There's water on Mars.
Will it dance and sing ??
And that we simply outsourced it?
i.e. it'll be outsourced. Enjoy your 42% savings margin.
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Yes, because we all know the food is on mars and will help feed the ones not in 3 big city's
True, but what small percentage of the population in India gives a damn about them? I know my two best friends that are Indian don't even care about children that are dying where they're from. It's not that they are bad people. It's just that they have come to accept that many children will die. It's just a different society. When I went to our office near Chennai and there was a dead toddler on the street in front of the entrance and no one cared then I knew that their society was simply one that I, and I assume the vast majority of Americans, will never understand. To them, slightly improved infrastructure was something political they got passionate about while helping some of the millions of starving children got no attention.
And, India has something else no other country had. Divine Intervention from the elephant head God.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Isro-chief-seeks-divine-help-for-Mars-mission/articleshow/25238936.cms
which do you prefer?
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The scientists involved in the launch are praying to many gods to make the launch a success. Why am I feeling assured about the success now? http://www.financialexpress.com/news/indias-mars-mission-the-countdown-begins-for-isros-voyage-to-the-red-planet/1178892
The purpose of all philosophers was to impress women
Martians allegedly work for 3% the wage rate of Americans. With 21 tentacles they can key in code like nobody's mama.
Table-ized A.I.
The entire Indian space program is 0.37% of the national budget. This Mars mission is even a smaller fraction of that.
So, no, you ain't going to solve poverty and hunger by allocating 0.37% of the budget to welfare schemes.
Will they be building the first Martian call center?
That I'm right, and you don't like it, doesn't mean I'm a troll.
I look at it a little different. Given the number of natural catastrophes that have befallen the Earth over the last few million years, something WILL happen again. Catastrophic weather changes, super volcano blowing, radiation from a super nova, wandering black hole effect, meteor striking the earth, etc. There are any number of things that could destroy ALL human life on this planet. You say what is my point? I think our only hope of guaranteeing survival of the human race is to get some of us off the planet. Live on Mars, live in Space Stations, Discover new worlds and make colonies there and maybe even some day terraforming a planet and starting a new world. The only way to achieve that goal is to increase studies into space travel and actually doing it. Otherwise we are pretty much guaranteeing the human race will eventually be wiped out by something or someone. I hope people are able to see the big picture and help ensure the survival of the human race. I for one applaud the launch even if they did it for political purposes, it still is a step forward for everyone. Just my 2 cents.
I'm old, not dead. Well that's my 2 cents worth, your mileage may vary. I say what I think, not what you want to hear.
"Indian Mars probe successfully completes mission as slashdot twits eat large quantities of Humble Pie!!"
Early days yet but the launch was apparently successful
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24729073
Sorry for being blatantly offtopic, but I have to add this piece of information:
I don't know exact etimology, but "mangal" means "barbecue" in Turkish. If you omit one extra "a", "yan" means "burn" (imperative) So, I exactly know what I'm doing to celebrate that launch this evening. To quote the article, "Mangalyaan ki yatra mangalmay ho!"
No wonder they keep pumping out more kids then. If you can't support your current population, stop making so many new people.
which is totally what she said
they need the space..literally!
The only thing that worried me is that they won't properly disinfect/sterilise their space probe and instruments, and thus will cause bacteria and living organisms from Earth to Mars... then a few years later... India will land in the same place and declare to have found first life outside of Earth!
Thus, I only really trust the western nations to delve into unknown territory, especially space, as we're meticulous in detail and science.
If you're a programmer / designer, you'll know what I'm talking about(!)
Sorry Indians, but you guys suck at some things, same way as the western world sucks in some things (like charity and human compassion (due largely to athiesm)).
If the Moon is made of cheese, the does that mean that Mars is made of Chicken Tikka Masala?
In C++, your friends can see your privates.
With half of that of interplanetary missions. Hopefully India and other countries will learn from all the mistakes and have success!
Initially on first pass I would agree. However I think it goes beyond simply a political stunt. True India has a number of basic problems to deal with, but this may be something that pushes that agenda forward.
With the US and NASA basically "outsourcing" their space program, it offers opportunities to others. The country that can land those space contracts (I can't believe I just wrote space contracts, what is this Firefly?), not only will get a big boost into their space program and associated technology and experience, but also all the positive spin off jobs that they bring. India is certainly trying to show it can do the same thing for cheaper and faster than others.
It also fosters a focus on science, however I don't think it is stereotypical to say that India already has that in oodles.
Lastly, it gives some hope, pride, and patriotism for the future of India. Not only proving to the world, but to their own people, that their country is doing great things. Sure if you are really hungry that might be cold comfort, however with people probably a bit sick of the soul crushing corruption in government, it might be nice to see them accomplish something a bit altruistic (or seemingly so).
Perhaps I am just optimistic today.
Disclaimer: Not Indian. :p
.. on India's Mars mission and how the world reacted to it. http://balajiviswanathan.quora.com/Indian-Space-Mission-Poverty-and-Closet-Racism