Mission Mars - India

[wings_of_fire]

Earth to Mars orbit in a budget of only USD 75 million.

So finally good news of a small step towards a better future for humans. If science was a religion invented earlier in time, we as humans would have been far more successful regarding space.


#IndiaAtMars: China hails India's Mars mission success as landmark progress | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

India's spacecraft reaches Mars orbit - CNN.com

 

[Katan]

So they have wide spread poverty and take £100s millions in aid from us (UK) and they decide to spend money sending stuff to Mars. Yes well done India...

 

[ped453]

So they have wide spread poverty and take £100s millions in aid from us (UK) and they decide to spend money sending stuff to Mars. Yes well done India...

I would have to agree with this one big fawking time...

"thumbsup"

 

[Peaker]

I think its pretty cool.

And a Little FYI for my American taxpaying friends, the NASA probe MAVEN, Means "the stomach" in Danish.

I do hope NASA dident launch what can be compated to a baloon that far :mrgreen:

 

[tedo]

I think its cool too. I love space exploration! But I'm a nerd.

I heard somewhere, we actually know more about Mars then we do our oceans. That can't be verified. Probably an internet lie (Thanks Obama!)

 

[Peaker]

Just read a paper, and it seem black holes cant exist.

I have gone over the numbers and they seem to be valid ;-)

Mailed Stephen H and he have his assistent pull the rest of his hair out as i type this.

Rethinking the origins of the universe | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

His this link if you want to give the numbers a go yourself.
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.1837v1.pdf