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After Successful Launch, India's Mars Orbiter Is On Its Way

Posted by timothy on from the david-bowie-on-high-alert dept.

neo12 writes "India has successfully launched a spacecraft to the Red Planet — with the aim of becoming the fourth space agency to reach Mars." As our previous mention of the launch notes, getting to Mars by rocket is a long haul: if all goes well, it will be about 10 months until Mangalyaan reaches orbit.

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  1. Re:0.37% of India's total budget by larry+bagina · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hiring all those space scientists prevented almost 12 women from being raped during work hours.

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    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.