“According to the Tribune, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has announced today that India will send a spacecraft to the moon by 2008. The Chandrayaan-I mission will showcase Indian achievements in science and technology to the world. Both European and Canadian Space Agencies have shown interest in the mission. SifyNews reports that 2008 was initially mispronounced as 1908. Today is the 56th anniversary of India’s independence.” Previous talk about this has come from the Indian space agency; this announcement from the Prime Minister seems to have more weight.
Good thing. Since NASA faked it, anyway, someone needs to go up there, and get done with this. Enough of the mystery. Even if the moon ain't made of cheese, atleast they can take a pic of the buddhi amma churning out cotton, or whatever it is.
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Good thing. Since NASA faked it, anyway, someone needs to go up there, and get done with this. Enough of the mystery. Even if the moon ain't made of cheese, atleast they can take a pic of the *buddhi amma churning out cotton, or whatever it is.
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Maybe they will also hear azaan on chaand, jang or nawai-e-waqat will make sure they do!!!
On a more serious note, 2008 seems far too short a time frame for the logistics to successfully put together a moon landing. Whilst I have no doubt that India will attempt a moon landing, given its current nationalistic streak and superpower aspirations, 2013 at the earliest sounds more realistic and 2018 even more so.
The only good arguement I have heard for any kind of space research is the R&D by-products. New materials, algorithmic systems etc that ultimately end up enriching civilian lives with new lifestyle products.
Having been deluged with portfolio risk management and diversification techniques for almost everything in life, our general risk taking instincts have lately been very denied. From that point of view, I am mildly thrilled by India wanting to take such a chance.
It also leads me to a question about options in future. Like satellite orbit or Antarctic stakes, is there a "claiming a stake in moon" goal? If zero or low gravity manufacture even becomes a commercial need, will such a stake in moon present an advantage to the landlords?
On a cheekier note, will the moon remain an object of religious reverence after brown infidels have stepped on it?
Instead of wasting billions of rupees, they need to first feed their 60% poverty, who are dying of hunger, get rid of Aids, who is 2nd largest after Africa.
Whats the benefits of technology when over half of your people are dying of health reasons.
^ Because the other half of the population will lift the downtrodden as it has been happening for the last 10 yrs. You will not get it because it is so far above your comprehension level and cut'n'pastes are futile. Keep enjoying th egrowth of the paki stock market . Inshallah some day, it will rival NASDAQ.
I really don’t understand the need to land on moon. Accessing space around world makes some sense not just for satellite communications but also “space war”-theoretical/paper so far- but moon??? . Governments need to educate more people around their land, provide more equipment, develop technology to produce more fruit/vegetable (not GMO) in given land, develop/expand water irrigation system etc so NATION as a whole gets the fruit instead of wasting billions of dollars on some project whose outcome/result is not known.
India plans “moons” mission? lol u mean Space mission… i doubt they will reach moon by 2008; yes perhaps space but not moon. But that is just my opinion. lets see what happens
. Governments need to educate more people around their land, provide more equipment, develop technology to produce more fruit/vegetable (not GMO) in given land, develop/expand water irrigation system etc so NATION as a whole gets the fruit instead of wasting billions of dollars on some project whose outcome/result is not known.