India Moves To Put Its First Man In Space By 2016 242
An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from the International Business Times: "India plans to launch its first manned space mission in 2016, moving to become the fourth nation to put a man in space. Space scientists and senior officials of the state-run ISRO are preparing a pre-project report to build the infrastructure and facilities for the mission, estimated to cost a $2.76 billion. 'We are planning a human space flight in 2016, with two astronauts who will spend seven days in the Earth's lower orbit,' Radhakrishnan told reporters at ISRO headquarters in Bangalore. In September, India's Chandrayaan-1 satellite discovered water on the moon, boosting India's credibility among established space-faring nations"
First (Score:1, Funny)
Man in space. I eat saag paneer to celebrate! I love ravi.
Outsourcing? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What will they be called? (Score:5, Funny)
easy - punjabinauts
Re:First call center in space scheduled for 2021 (Score:3, Funny)
Re:mod parent up (Score:3, Funny)
Roughly translated: "..And first Quickie Mart on the Moon in 2019!!!!"
Re:First call center in space scheduled for 2021 (Score:3, Funny)
and Obama hasn't actually changed anything, and isn't substantially different from Bush.
Yes he is. He can read.
Re:First call center in space scheduled for 2021 (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What will they be called? (Score:1, Funny)
Kormanauts.
Re:More like 2022 (Score:1, Funny)