India's Mars Mission Back On Track After Brief Hiccup 73
New submitter rahultyagi writes "After running into some problems in its fourth orbit-raising maneuver two days ago, Mangalyaan (India's Mars Orbiter Mission) seems to be back on track now. A supplementary burn lasting ~304 seconds was completed today, raising the apogee of MOM to 118,642 km — the intended apogee after the original maneuver. After the glitch two days ago, ISRO again seems to be on track to become the first entity to have a successful Mars mission on its first attempt. Though, of course, there are quite a few things that might still go wrong before this can be called a successful mission. Let's all hope that a year from now, we are all celebrating the entry of another nation into the small club capable of successful interplanetary missions."
Re:Casual slashdot racism in 3... (Score:5, Funny)
It's not racism to cry USA number 1 and hope other countries fail... (just nationalistic jingoism)
And why not - America's German scientists did a better job laying the foundations of space flight than Russia's German scientists did.
Re: Casual slashdot racism in 3... (Score:3, Funny)
That is actually quite interesting. So, do they still have pitch for "yes" as well?
Only Slashdot could move from "casual racism" to "casual aerodynamicism". I am impressed.
Re:I am at awed at their low cost ... (Score:5, Funny)
They didn't do everything. They did only the needful.