Rocket Launch Thrusts India Deeper Into Space Exploration Race (bloomberg.com) 9
India launched its first rocket developed by a startup into space on Friday, with the aim of testing the company's technology that will be used to design three orbital vehicles. From a report: The Vikram-S rocket, developed by Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace, took off at 11:30 a.m. local time from Sriharikota, an island near Chennai in southeastern India. The rocket reached an altitude of 89.5 kilometers (56 miles) and all systems worked as planned, Pawan Goenka, head of an industry space body said.
"It's a major step forward to India developing its own space ecosystem and emerging as a front-line nation in space," Space Minister Jitendra Singh said. Built in just two years, the sub-orbital validated the pressure, temperature and vibration in Skyroot's orbital vehicles, with the first of the series, Vikram I, scheduled to launch next year. It carried a payload from two Indian aerospace startups and a non-profit space research laboratory in Armenia.
"It's a major step forward to India developing its own space ecosystem and emerging as a front-line nation in space," Space Minister Jitendra Singh said. Built in just two years, the sub-orbital validated the pressure, temperature and vibration in Skyroot's orbital vehicles, with the first of the series, Vikram I, scheduled to launch next year. It carried a payload from two Indian aerospace startups and a non-profit space research laboratory in Armenia.
But how hard are they thrusting? (Score:4, Funny)
Well, you started it.
India already has launch vehicles (Score:5, Informative)
The summary accidentally fails to mention that India already has its own launch vehicles, most notably PSLV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org] , GSLV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org], and LVM-3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org], with notable launches including successfully launching missions to the moon and Mars.
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Hence the "deeper", although this headline was clearly posted from pervland.
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Another first to come... (Score:1)
And then...on to Mars!!
(thank you...come again)
Running water and sewage? (Score:2)
Look mom! We can go to space now from India.
That's fantastic dear, with how smart we're getting in India, I hope one day we can move out of the top 10% of earth's countries dysentery list. I heard (after all, I can't read... That's for rich people) that great countries elsewhere have running water... For everyone... Like 6 whole hours each day... Maybe even more!
Wow mom! Imagine that!