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India's ISRO Conducts First Escape Test For Nation's Manned Mission To Space (hindustantimes.com)
Earlier this week, ISRO took the first, small but significant step towards realizing human space flight by successfully conducting a test of the Crew Escape System that provides an escape mechanism for astronauts if the launch operation is aborted. From a report: "This is one of the critical technologies for a future human space programme," said K. Sivan, chairman of ISRO. "When you are flying with the humans, if there is something wrong during the launch, this will help them escape to a safe place." Only three countries -- USA, Russia and China -- have human space flight programmes. The only Indian citizen to ever travel to space was fighter pilot Rakesh Sharma who flew aboard Soyuz T-11, a spacecraft of the former USSR in 1984. India does not have a human space flight programme. "ISRO always does research and development activity and develops technologies keeping future needs in mind," said Sivan.
... a space flight programme?
Oh. I see.
It's simulators all the way down.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
Stolen from NASA was funding.
NASA people should be flocking to India so they both can do the fucking job.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
Get some ice cream.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
Seriously, that is a VERY slow system. As such, I fear that it would be caught in the blast of any rocket, esp. when it is a combination of H2 and solid. Look at how fast Challenger blew up.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
uh no. India has NOT been stealing.
This is India's work.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
I didn't realize it was an actual escape system. I thought it was just so they could pop outside to do jolly old shitty-poo-poos.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
India started in the 1960's by actually learning the science.
Funding top experts and ensuring they had the skills needed to advance every decade.
That their own domestic production lines could design and build what was needed over every stage of new design work.
Decades of education and study able to work with domestic production lines then has real results.
A very different way to the UK and its domestic Skynet (satellite) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... spending big on US parts.
That UK engineers did not have the needed funding to work with.
The US investment in contractors for each short term space project. With US contractors then having to retool for each change in US space policy.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Interesting rage you got going there.
As a psychiatrist, I studied this in premed.
It's called, "projecting."
You are posting as Anonymous Coward, which is the highest form of FAKE NAME.
Your obsession with screen names detracts from the body of work presented by the FAKE NAME.
I want you to think about registering here at /. so you can enjoy the benefits of self esteem that would make you feel all better and stuff.
That'll be 5 cents, please.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
No, they said 'factory', NOT 'next factory'. That is a huge difference. And considering that Tesla sells a great deal more cars in Europe than in China, I would be amazed if China comes first. Keep in mind that if a factory is cheap to put in Europe, that he has just as much, if not more, incentive to go with Europe. And with all the gear there, it would be cheap, easy, and fast.
Tesla has signed an agreement to build a factory in Shanghai