Posted on 10/17/2013 7:55:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The 1,350 kilogram (2,980 pound) orbiter, also known as Mangalyaan, is slated to blast off as early as Oct. 28 atop Indias highly reliable Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from a seaside launch pad in Srihanikota, India.
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NASA is providing key communications and navigation support to ISRO and MOM through the agencys trio of huge tracking antennas in the Deep Space Network (DSN).
As Indias initial mission to Mars, ISRO says that the missions objectives are both technological and scientific to demonstrate the nations capability to design an interplanetary mission and carry out fundamental Red Planet research with a suite of indigenously built instruments.
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Curiosity Rover has determined there is no methane on Mars.
Oops!
"They blew up Congress....HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
We go to Mars looking for water, India goes looking for cattle farts?
The Indians are looking for bovine flatulence on Mars caused by scared cows? How quaint.
Hey, a new way to dispose of their non-Hindu minorities!
Come to my house on Taco Bell dinner night.
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