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Indian Mars Mission Has Completed 95% of Its Journey Without a Hitch
First time accepted submitter rinka writes India's Mars Orbiter Mission, known as Mangalyaan, has made some progress since we last discussed it. The mission is on target and has completed 95% of its journey. It will reach its destination before the end of the month. Scientists will undertake a "challenging task" on September 24 when they will restart the onboard liquid engine, which has been in sleep mode for nearly ten months, for a critical maneuver of the spacecraft.
Its the last few feet that count
or is that meters
I've driven to LA and now I will undertake a "challenging task" of finding her and getting past the bodyguards.
I wish them the best of luck, but the headline reminds me of the joke about the optimist falling from a building...
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
"What do I think of Western Civilization?"
"I think it would be a very good idea."
Remember that conversation?
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
If they used a standard design that NASA uses that as soon as the two chemicals touch they go BOOM! the only issue is if the valves open or if there has been any leaks.
Honestly this stuff isn't rocket scie..... oh wait.....
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
We'd have a lunar fighter program that cost a trillion dollars, couldn't fly to the moon, and would never be expected to fight another lunar fighter since the lunar cruise missiles would have already wiped out the enemy moon bases before the fighters were deployed, if there were any such thing as enemy moon bases. It wouldn't matterâ"the damned useless lunar fighters would be built anyway because the contractor wisely promised jobs located in each of the fifty states, ensuring that Congress would never question the program.
Oh, were you hoping that science would be done or something?