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2008-10-07 India-Pakistan

India's first unmanned moon mission set for October 22 launch

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Posted by john frum 2008-10-07 15:32|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Shabash!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-10-07 15:43|| 2008-10-07 15:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Never, ever, bet against the Hindu guys in the lab coats.

Posted by Mike 2008-10-07 17:00|| 2008-10-07 17:00|| Front Page Top

#3 In all fairness the father of the Indian missile/nuclear wapons program, and future president, is a Muslim (APJ Abdul Kalam). Then again, he was an indophile Muslim, not one of the crazies. Muslims who don't cause problems over there and actually contribute to society are probably appreciated over there

Posted by sludge 2008-10-07 17:28|| 2008-10-07 17:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Over here, too, sludge.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-10-07 17:46|| 2008-10-07 17:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually the 'father' of the Indian nuclear program was Homi Bhabha - a Zoarastrian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homi_J._Bhabha

The 'father' of the space program was Vikram Sarabhai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai

Abdul Kalam worked for Sarabhai. He played no role in the nuclear programme being a rocket scientist. He designed the first Indian launch vehicles.

Posted by john frum 2008-10-07 17:53|| 2008-10-07 17:53|| Front Page Top

#6 From the early 1960s...
Abdul Kalam is the one on the right.

Assembling a sounding rocket payload

transporting the payload to the launch pad

Posted by john frum 2008-10-07 18:11|| 2008-10-07 18:11|| Front Page Top

The Satellite Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India's first moon mission craft is seen from behind glass at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) center in Bangalore

Posted by john frum 2008-10-07 19:05|| 2008-10-07 19:05|| Front Page Top

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