Indian Prime Minister Formally Announces Mars Mission 212
neo12 writes in with the news that India plans on being the 6th country to launch a mission to mars. "Making the first formal announcement on the country's Mars mission, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said India will send a mission to the Red Planet that will mark a huge step in the area of science and technology. 'Recently, the Cabinet has approved the Mars Orbiter Mission. Under this Mission, our spaceship will go near Mars and collect important scientific information,' he said addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of the 66th Independence Day."
in unrelated news (Score:3, Funny)
Romney announces he will outsource NASA to india.
Re:in unrelated news (Score:2, Funny)
George W. Bush didn't do that already?
I sure would like to see Bollywood fake a Moon landing. Think of the song and dance possibilities!
Re:Priorities! (Score:5, Funny)
In all seriousness, it's cheaper and easier to send a rocket to Mars than it is to undertake the kind of legislative and social engineering required to fix Delhi's traffic and India's electrical problems.
Re:Priorities! (Score:5, Funny)
and their cars [indiatimes.com] catch [indianexpress.com] fire [tribuneindia.com]
At least they weren't big fires. They were Nano fires.
Re:6th? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:All for $100 million ? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:All for $100 million ? (Score:5, Funny)
India claims it can send something to orbit the Mars for $100 millions. Can anyone believe that?
You need to read between the lines here. They're going to build a $10 million communications satellite and hitchhike on a Russian rocket (which, based on Russia's Mars exploration history, means the rocket will die somewhere on the way to Mars... just ask China how that deal worked out for them) by offering to put $90 million toward fuel. Then they will route all call center traffic through this satellite, introducing a latency of several minutes between the caller and the call center rep, causing most callers to give up without costing the companies they called any money. So yes, I believe they will attempt it, but no, they will not succeed because all of Russia's attempts (Russia, not the USSR) have failed so far.