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Mangalyaan Successfully Put Into Mars Orbit

Posted by Soulskill on from the congratulations-to-all-involved dept.

knwny writes: India's Mars satellite Mangalyaan was successfully placed into orbit around Mars early on Wednesday following a 10-month journey from Earth. India thus joins the U.S., the European Space Agency and the former Soviet Union in having successfully completed a Mars mission. It is, however, the only one to have done so on the first attempt. Headed by the Indian space agency ISRO, Mangalyaan was made in 15 months at a cost of just around 74 million USD — the cheapest inter-planetary mission ever to be undertaken.

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  1. Re:Standing on the Shoulders of Giants by itzly · · Score: 4, Funny

    "If I have seen further than other men, it is because I was standing on their glasses" -- Isaac Newton.

  2. fw: fw: fe: mission to mars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Amit,
    Please do the needful.

    regards
    Sunil

  3. With a budget of 74M ,,, by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... I wonder what NASA can do with a budget of $74 million ...
     
    ... hmm .....

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    Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
    1. Re:With a budget of 74M ,,, by Cornwallis · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm sure they *might* be able to put together a little website with some animated cartoons of rockets. (Prolly end up having to get it redone after it fails to launch properly.)

  4. but I'm pleased their media is just as bonkers! by fantomas · · Score: 1, Funny

    Very true. I am pleased one of the stories gives its readers the handy hint that the rocket "weighed nearly 320 tonnes - almost as much as 50 full-grown elephants". Nice to see the media world-wide goes for those handy public friendly measurement analogies to really mess with people's heads. Not sure how many elephants there are to the Library of Congress or a US football pitch however.