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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. Hey India by retroworks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Welcome to the steeplechase. Room for everyone, hats off.

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    1. Re:Hey India by Darinbob · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey India, can we get some extra quotas for visas for out of work American space scientists?

  2. Re:Frankly, those are some of the best visualizati by rahultyagi · · Score: 5, Informative

    Are you talking about most of those false color images on that page? If so, they are actually not from this mission. Most of them (probably all except the first one) are from MRO's HiRISE camera.

  3. Re:gasp! by dugancent · · Score: 4, Interesting

    and yet, still more interesting than anything you post.

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  4. The best photo... by bayankaran · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The best photo is not of Mars...but the women workers of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) handling the Mars mission celebrating.

    BBC has a good report and the photo...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-29357472

    As a tweeter asks..when was the last time we saw women scientists celebrating a space mission?

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    1. Re:The best photo... by Michael+Woodhams · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And here is the problem in a nutshell. Some women are pictured because they achieved something significant, and some idiot immediately derails the conversation with comments on how attractive they are.

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    2. Re: The best photo... by Fwipp · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Yes, Slashdot is known to complain that male scientists are unattractive whenever a picture is posted Totally the same.

    3. Re:The best photo... by gshegosh · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Have you SEEN the photo? It's not about how attractive they are. But how traditionally they are dressed. Which for many people contrasts with space exploration.

  5. Disappointed by BenJeremy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    An article with exactly one image from India's mission, and a slide show of false color images from NASA that most slashdotters think were from MOM.

    I expected at least a few more images hinted at by the summary. It will be interesting if they can capture some of the more controversial spots to provide independent confirmation of what NASA has been telling conspiracy buffs for the past few years.

  6. Re:Proud of India... by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

    1) China is a space power. Not exactly know for the quality & quantity of rural public toilets.

    2) If everyone waited to solve every domestic issue before becoming a space power, noone would have developed rockets yet. I think you would be astonished by the poverty that existed in Appalachia or other rural isolated areas in the US when their space program started. Ditto for Europe (portugal / greece) and Russia (almost everywhere).

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  7. Re:gasp! by quenda · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You don't get it. This is not a scientific achievement, but an engineering one.
    It cost a few cents per Indian - I think they can afford that. Congratulations India!

  8. Indian Mars Mission by Phroggy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So does Indian Mars look anything like American Mars?

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