Well, this is neat ...

Lunar landing has Indians over the Moon

There is an extensive wikipedia article on Chandrayaan-1 (link) that has a bunch of photos and graphics, and more information.


BTW, Chandrayaan means "moon-vehicle" in Sanskrit.

"Set a new course. There's coffee in that nebula." -- Capt. Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager

But did they see evidence of America's visit?

You mean all the McDonald's wrappers littering the lunar landscape?

Seriously, haven't I been reading somewhere (maybe even here at IaBT?) that America's alleged lunar missions were part of a big conspiracy, that it was all a made-up story and never really happened? Ah yes, here we are, "The Moon Landings" thread started by Hangman: (link)

"Set a new course. There's coffee in that nebula." -- Capt. Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager

its a good job it wasnt a manned mission, they probably would've built a late opening corner shop on it

do you know what REALLY pisses me off about india doing this though.....

I thought of it when making a reply on the US bashing thread, India is rife with poverty, people living like animals and struggling to survive, thats immediately evident by the amount of beggar children hitting tourists the moment they step off the plane, yet the government is pissing about trying to send things to the moon, and no doubt are spending millions and millions to do so, yet are happy to watch their people suffer???

What the hell is wrong with governments, if its not bloody arms its the sodding space race, what about putting the money they have into things that actually DO matter a bugger, like making sure their people can live to a reasonable standard......

Spot on Warlock. Spot on.

hangman@itsabitchthing.com

Well, you know what this is REALLY about? This isn't about going to the moon. Neither was the U.S. effort. India just proved to the world that it can launch a nuclear weapon to any spot on the planet. It's all about rocket development and trajectory control.

Gives me a sphincter factor of about 7.

it wouldnt surprise me, they want to be the next big kid on the block and are flexing their muscles.....

I say we should invade france just in case......

Ok it has no relevance to what we're talking about, but its still a good idea

Seconded. And Axholio is probably right.
But I temper that by saying the US space program (from memory) was much smaller than the US military budget, and space exploration is a fairly positive aim. The US military budget could probably have dropped the equivalent of the space budget and survived. As maybe the Soviet one could have, I don't recall seeing any figures for that. My point of course being if we say "stop spending money on space" we might also think of other ways to tighten budgets.

That's a very good point.

That would make a great siggy line, Gary.

"Set a new course. There's coffee in that nebula." -- Capt. Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager