India to launch Mars mission by 2015
Just a day after Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) aborted its moon mission Chandrayaan-I, the agency is planning another ambitious odyssey into space. It wants to launch an unmanned mission to the Earth's closest planetary neighbour, Mars.
ISRO chief G. Madhavan Nair on Monday said the mission was still at conceptual stage and would be taken up after Chandrayaan-II. He said a country gets an opportunity for the mission once in two years.
Like Chandrayaan-I, which had cost less than $100 million, the mission on Mars will also be a low-cost space odyssey, the ISRO chief said.
ISRO is looking at the launch opportunities between 2013 and 2015. India's quest to touch the red planet will be met in a deep space mission, similar to the Chandrayaan-I mission.
A 500 kg Mars payload will be first launched in the Earth's orbit and from there it will be raised to the orbit of Mars.
The space agency will be using the more powerful Geo-stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) for the Mars programme.
See article on India Today.
A Nightmare in Paris – Indian Farmer Couple Deported Without Reason
Who do these people think they are? A piddly little banana republic of a country with their collective heads up their own A Holes. They no doubt like the smell there and think the rest of the world smells of shit.
Fellow bloggers, please spread this. And ask your readers to boycott air france and all things french. We will see how these idiots react when the largest consumer market in the world rejects their produce.
Idiots!
UPDATE:
The French embassy has apologized for the humiliating treatment and the deportation of a farmer couple from rural Hassan in Karnataka at the Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris on August 26.
A spokesperson of the French embassy said: "We are really sorry this happened. We have taken it up very seriously. This is a matter of great concern for us."
Note that this is the French embassy in India. They are of course representatives of their government but I personally need more than just words. Let’s wait to see how the French respond to their despicable act.
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