India launches first Moon mission

[melmusic23]

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hehe vern and rodsky naglalis mo? murag di man obvious...bitaw oi let's be proud nalang sa India...
naka basa bitaw ko sa news and i think unmanned man ang spaceship... am i right?

[melmusic23]

hehe vern and rodsky naglalis mo? hehe murag di man obvious...bitaw oi let's just be proud nalang sa India hehe... and i've heard unmanned man daw ang spaceship...so, wa cguroy utang ang Chinese astronaut hehe kay wa man paapasi og astronaut sa taga India weeehhhh...

[rodsky]

hehe vern and rodsky naglalis mo? murag di man obvious...bitaw oi let's be proud nalang sa India...
naka basa bitaw ko sa news and i think unmanned man ang spaceship... am i right?

Yep, it's an unmanned probe. You can just imagine the media hype (doubled, tripled even, probably ) if it were a manned Indian mission to the moon.

And there is no such thing as "makipaglalis kang vern"--Those who insist there is such a concept gets banned. Ergo, the concept simply doesn't exist.

-RODION

[giddyboy]

Some critics have questioned whether it makes sense to spend so much money on space when hundreds of millions of Indians still live in dire poverty.

but let's take a quick glance of India's history regarding this matter:

(1) India started its space programme in 1963, developing its own satellites and launch vehicles to reduce dependence on overseas agencies.

(2) It first staked its case for a share of the commercial launch market by sending an Italian satellite into orbit in April last year. In January, it launched an Israeli spy satellite in the face of Iranian protests.

This new unmanned mission, which will also include the sending of a probe onto the lunar surface, will cost India 80 million dollars.

As well as looking to carve out a larger slice of the lucrative commercial satellite launch market, India, Japan and China also see their space programmes as an important symbol of their international stature and economic development.

so u see, these missions are not only for the sake of humankind and status symbolizing only or a PR stunt. they are also meant for commercial purposes and independence from overseas agencies.

and to them, clearly they consider this as an essential for economic development such as a bridge.

if we insist the funds could be better spent on poor Indians, let's first take a look how much that mission costs and compare that with their total national budget and their budget for poverty alleviation programs, health programs, etc.. then we'll see if it credits reason or not.

if im not mistaken, India's 2008 budget for space programs is only 2-3% of their entire national budget.

and so, my analogy on the bird messenger stays...

[melmusic23]

ummm naka sleep ko dah..hehe unsay mga laing current events diha...umm the North Korean dictator is said to be dead na daw...

[melmusic23]

basically, India is actually competing with China to take the lead among asian countries...

[hobie]

wow ..good for India

[rodsky]

Some critics have questioned whether it makes sense to spend so much money on space when hundreds of millions of Indians still live in dire poverty.

but let's take a quick glance of India's history regarding this matter:

(1) India started its space programme in 1963, developing its own satellites and launch vehicles to reduce dependence on overseas agencies.

(2) It first staked its case for a share of the commercial launch market by sending an Italian satellite into orbit in April last year. In January, it launched an Israeli spy satellite in the face of Iranian protests.

This new unmanned mission, which will also include the sending of a probe onto the lunar surface, will cost India 80 million dollars.

As well as looking to carve out a larger slice of the lucrative commercial satellite launch market, India, Japan and China also see their space programmes as an important symbol of their international stature and economic development.

so u see, these missions are not only for the sake of humankind and status symbolizing only or a PR stunt. they are also meant for commercial purposes and independence from overseas agencies.

and to them, clearly they consider this as an essential for economic development such as a bridge.

if we insist the funds could be better spent on poor Indians, let's first take a look how much that mission costs and compare that with their total national budget and their budget for poverty alleviation programs, health programs, etc.. then we'll see if it credits reason or not.

if im not mistaken, India's 2008 budget for space programs is only 2-3% of their entire national budget.

and so, my analogy on the bird messenger stays...

A winner! I owe you a bottle of SMB bro!

-RODION

[JeffCee]

India nasad,., hehe,., so wats the updates

[vern]

The notion that this is done for economic reasons and not a glorified PR stunt is ludicrous. Space programs make money by launching commercial satellites, not launching probes to the moon. As much as any of you would like to believe otherwise, this was done to make a statement with no gain to India in technology or to it's economy. We already know they can send things to space. This is nothing more than India's effort to stay relevant with other Asian powers like China. Everyone has nukes now, space must be the new big thing to prove to the world that they have man pants. Whatever India's budget for space is ... is irrelevant. This thread is about one single action not their whole space program.

@rodsky ... to even insinuate that I would ban people because they disagreed with me is what will get you banned in the long run. Seriously, argue your damn point instead of crying you were abused. You seem to put on your thinking cap on when other people dare to question your posts, how am I any different? ... does red scare you?