India Goes To Mars

[bluefete]

Some good news for the UNC faithful??? Zoom Raider???

Good for India. It shows the way forward for those who have a vision. India could also be one of the early colonizers of Mars, along with China.

India has launched its first mission to Mars on Tuesday in what its leaders hope will be a giant leap forward for super cheap space exploration

By Dean Nelson, Delhi

9:53AM GMT 05 Nov 2013



Scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched their Mars Orbiter Mission on Tuesday, amid celebrations at mission control.

As the launch vehicle soared spaceward scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) could be heard shouting "Buriah!" – brilliant.

The PSLV-C25 launch vehicle lifts-off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (AFP/Getty Images)

Indian scientists hailed the launch as a success and said they hoped it would herald a new era of low-cost space exploration.


The control station for the mission to Mars at the Satish Dhawan Space Center (AP)

"I’ve no doubt the mission has been worthwhile and the credit for it goes to the scientists at the space department,” said Dr P.M Bhargava.

The ‘Mangalyaan’ or Mars Orbiter was launched on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, at Sriharikota, on the Andhra Pradesh coast, at 14.38 Indian time.

The mission is a bid to reach the Red Planet in September 2014 and test the martian atmosphere for hydrogen and methane gases.


Mangalyaan's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft (EPA)

The mission will cost $73 million (£45 million), compared with the United States’ ‘Curiosity’ mission to Mars, which launched in 2011 at a cost of $2.5 billion (£1.56 billion).

For India, the mission is about proving the value of its indigenous rocket and instrument technology to inspire its own scientists and open a new frontier on infinitely cheaper space missions.

Its officials believe a successful mission will establish its superiority over regional rival China and Japan, whose recent Mars missions failed to achieve their goals.

Though the mission is cheap by developed countries' standards, it has faced criticism in India where commentators have questioned why the money has not been spent instead on improving poor sanitation.

Tavleen Singh, a columnist for the Indian Express, said on Twitter: "Incredible India: we can go to Mars but cannot provide clean water to our people on Earth."

Some Indian space scientists have criticised the mission as a waste of resources for a developing country and argued that ISRO should focus on developing its next generation of satellite launchers to compete in the lucrative commercial sector.

But officials at the Mangalyaan launch site said the mission will inspire a new generation of Indian space scientists and establish the country as a real power in space research.

“The primary goal is the technical demonstration. This will help us in future space exploration missions by advancing our existing technology in communications and Earth observation satellites. We hope it will also inspire younger minds,” ISRO spokesman Deviprasad Karnik told The Telegraph.

[OffshoreMarketing]

well done

[Mr. Red Sleeper]

I tell allyuh to invest in Indian long time...

Them in everything..

[5onDfloor]

Toyota2nr,UML,ZR and the "if PNM win in 2015 i leaving gang"taking up residence on Mars post GE 2015!

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Halfbreed07]

tandoori martian on return

[AllTrac]

very good, plant baytees EVERYWHERE.

[Mr. Red Sleeper]

Moar!!!!

[88sins]

it never ceases to amaze me. so many starvin poverty stricken ppl in different countries around d world are left to suffer, yet governments around d world find it makes sense to undertake exploratory missions that benefit only a select few.


typical cart b4 horse logic IMO

[toyota2nr]

Toyota2nr,UML,ZR and the "if PNM win in 2015 i leaving gang"taking up residence on Mars post GE 2015!

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

For real daddy. Yuh gyul book the seat on meh lap...







oh gosh ah joking eh

[toyota2nr]

it never ceases to amaze me. so many starvin poverty stricken ppl in different countries around d world are left to suffer, yet governments around d world find it makes sense to undertake exploratory missions that benefit only a select few.


typical cart b4 horse logic IMO

So by your logic we should not attempt to explore beyond our atmosphere? Do you know the amount of discoveries and innovations because of NASA and space travel?

[DTAC]

The mission is a bid to reach the Red Planet in September 2014 and test the martian atmosphere for hydrogen and methane gases.

Um... they can detect that around planets orbiting other star systems now...

10% real science, 90% PR seems like.

[wagonrunner]

Hmmm how much time is left before they start chopping relatives over land disputes?

[88sins]

So by your logic we should not attempt to explore beyond our atmosphere? Do you know the amount of discoveries and innovations because of NASA and space travel?

by my logic if yuh house have no roof & monsoon season is upon you, building a swimming pool isn't a bright idea. But if yuh tink it is, go brave hoss, jus keep d boogie board handy indoors & outside.

nuttn wrong with satisfying curiosity about what's beyond the great beyond. but I believe satisfyin a need for food & healthcare would be better appreciated by far more ppl

[toyota2nr]

Hmmm how much time is left before they start chopping relatives over land disputes?

Better than holding up people for 10 lb of mars rock...

[~Vēġó~]

nicely done...

[Spitfir3]

very good, plant baytees EVERYWHERE.

this!!

[TriP]

If all goes well the Spacecraft will reach Mars on September 24th 2014



dey should have taken kamla on it

[~Vēġó~]

^^^OMG the Calcutta Rocket is going to Mars!!!!!!!!!!!

Rowley may not be pleased....

[88sins]

^^^OMG the Calcutta Rocket is going to Mars!!!!!!!!!!!

Rowley may not be pleased....

He might be glad, if kamla & anand take a 1 way trip

[Habit7]

I applaud India for this. I think even we can have a space program too. A launch to Mars costed India less than half a billion TT, in T&T we call that a cost overrun.

Jobs and innovation more important than welfare and handouts.

[wagonrunner]

^^
especially with the house majority.

[desifemlove]

I have respect for India as a culture and people, but come nah man!!!

400 million people have to literally sheit on railway lines, and PM Singh does dis?!!

Then again, dais caste for you!!

And then again, I'd give anything to bone the heck outta Namitha!! For every negative, there is numerous positives...

[desifemlove]

And to make things fair, PNM may lobby Ghana and Nigeria to build a rocket too. But not to Mars, to Alpha Centauri. See, iz ancestral homeland tit for tat lol..

[rfari]

^^^OMG the Calcutta Rocket is going to Mars!!!!!!!!!!!

Rowley may not be pleased....

*DEDZ*

[AllTrac]

^^^OMG the Calcutta Rocket is going to Mars!!!!!!!!!!!

Rowley may not be pleased....

[pluggie]

And to make things fair, PNM may lobby Ghana and Nigeria to build a rocket too. But not to Mars, to Alpha Centauri. See, iz ancestral homeland tit for tat lol..

Storage of Rowley Rocket

Testing of Rowley Rocket

Jack Will be pleased

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[Yeo]

Wow...India launched a rocket to Mars yesterday… That’s a heck of a place to put a call center....

[Dizzy28]

it never ceases to amaze me. so many starvin poverty stricken ppl in different countries around d world are left to suffer, yet governments around d world find it makes sense to undertake exploratory missions that benefit only a select few.


typical cart b4 horse logic IMO

Which Government doesn't spend on somehting which can be classified as frivolous and which country has zero poverty?

This Mars mission costs less than Gareth Bale and in a country of 1.3 billion with around 600 million poor that $80 million wasn't going and do anything.

[Habit7]

The problem is many trinis dont know that abject poverty exists in the USA even while their space program dominates

[DFC]

Many people dont know that Indians were the first in Space.