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India's Mars Mission Back On Track After Brief Hiccup

Posted by Soulskill on from the drank-water-from-the-far-side-of-the-cup dept.

New submitter rahultyagi writes "After running into some problems in its fourth orbit-raising maneuver two days ago, Mangalyaan (India's Mars Orbiter Mission) seems to be back on track now. A supplementary burn lasting ~304 seconds was completed today, raising the apogee of MOM to 118,642 km — the intended apogee after the original maneuver. After the glitch two days ago, ISRO again seems to be on track to become the first entity to have a successful Mars mission on its first attempt. Though, of course, there are quite a few things that might still go wrong before this can be called a successful mission. Let's all hope that a year from now, we are all celebrating the entry of another nation into the small club capable of successful interplanetary missions."

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  1. Re: Casual slashdot racism in 3... by rosshalz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...

    Did you know that if indisns shake their head from left to right that it means they agree with you ?

    The difference is small... Let me clear this for the un-initiated.. if you consider an axis through the center of your head and the centre of your...nether region, and if the head shaking is about this axis, then it means "No" If you consider an axis through the tip of your nose and the back of your head, and if the head shaking is about THIS axis, then it means "Alright" or "affirmative"(especially if the indian you're talking to happens to be a terminator). Not to be confused with "yes". Source: I'm Indian

  2. Re:Casual slashdot racism in 3... by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not racism to cry USA number 1 and hope other countries fail... (just nationalistic jingoism)

    And why not - America's German scientists did a better job laying the foundations of space flight than Russia's German scientists did.

  3. I am at awed at their low cost ... by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... I was doing some reading on India's Mars mission and found two articles quoting the price tag for the entire mission to be $ 83 million.

    Yes, you read it right, Eight-Three-Million-United-States-Dollars !

    I don't know what NASA can come up with $ 83 Million, but I am pretty sure if NASA to send another probe to Mars it would be far greater than that.

    PS. To my Indian friends, can you please share with us how you guys can keep the budget so low?

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    Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !