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Indian Mars Mission Beams Back First Photographs

Posted by samzenpus on from the worth-a-thousand-words dept.

astroengine writes India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) got straight to work as it closed in on Martian orbit on Tuesday — it began taking photographs of the Red Planet and its atmosphere and surface as it slowed down to reach its ultimate destination. After a two day wait, those first images are slowly trickling onto the Internet.

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  1. Re:gasp! by retroworks · · Score: -1, Troll

    And yours are so great too! Look everybody! http://slashdot.org/~dugancent

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  2. Proud of India... by bogaboga · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...and let the USA know that there's another country that can do technologically advanced stuff at much less cost and fanfare.

    To the Indian government though, I suggest the next project be here on planet earth:

    That is, to make public toilets as easily available as every other space power.