India's Mars Mission Back On Track After Brief Hiccup

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...

[mwvdlee]

It's not racism to cry USA number 1 and hope other countries fail

Hoping others will fail is a sign of inadequacy.

Casual slashdot racism in 3...

[Taco Cowboy]

Since someone is looking for "Casual Racism", I'll oblige.

All power to India for their mission to MARS.

And this greeting comes from an American who was from China.

How's that for "Casual Racism" ??

Re:The real Triumph....

[Dunbal]

Are you that insecure that you must mock the success of your fellow men? India hasn't re-invented anything. They are merely affirming that they too now possess the technology. This is a good thing for mankind as a whole. It helps ensure a technological level of prowess across a broad population which means we as humans are now less likely to "go back" to a pre-space era if anything should happen to the one country that possessed the technology. You know. Kind of like when empires fall and dark ages ensue. Well now even if America collapsed, there is a technology "reservoir", just like there was an intellectual "reservoir" in the middle east when the Western Roman Empire fell.

Re:The real Triumph....

[dbIII]

So says the guy waving the flag so much he hasn't noticed that NASA has been stripped back so much it has to get taxi rides from the Russians to get people into space. You, me, all of us should be cheering the Indians on instead of having a pissing contest with the retired champion bringing up the glory days.

Re:Casual slashdot racism in 3...

[Anonymous Coward]

And why not - America's German scientists did a better job laying the foundations of space flight than Russia's German scientists did.

First satellite, first animal in space, first man in space, first woman in space, first robotic moon landing.
I would say that Russia's German scientists did the best job at laying the foundations of space flight.

First man on the moon could be considered the last mile. (Unless someone intends to be the first to put a man on Mars.)

Re:The real Triumph....

[Anonymous Coward]

You mean they're trying to scare Pakistan with their prowess in rocketry as part of a decades long religious conflict while simultaneously distracting a large section of the population from the issues of poverty, lack of education or clean water, and inequality?

I appreciate your positive outlook on life, but North Korea developing nuclear weapons usually doesn't make me say "well good, now humanity won't forget how to build them." It seems far more effective just to write things down.