European satellite that was launched on the PSLV. 
Posted on 02/26/2005 5:46:18 AM PST by CarrotAndStick
The National Aeronautics Space Agency is in talks with the Indian Space Research Organisation to place its scientific instruments on the Indian spacecraft that will be sent on an unmanned mission to the moon in 2007, ISRO officials said in Bangalore on Saturday.
"We have also got interest from NASA to place their payload in our moon mission," ISRO Satellite Centre Director P S Goel said.
Indian plans to put a 525 kg orbiter using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, 100 km over the moon.
ISRO had allotted 10 kg and 10 watt of power for space agencies of other nations and had invited bids, which evoked 15 responses from 10 nations including from NASA, Germany, Bulgaria, Britain and Sweden, he said.
Goel said the US space agency was very keen to provide mini-synthetic aperture radar and spectometre with 0.3 micron to 0.9 micron capabilities.
"We have begun discussions with them, but its implementation will depend on the bilateral agreements between India and US," he said.
ISRO had invited presentation on projects from five nations -- US, UK, Germany, Bulgaria and Sweden -- for final approvals in December 2004 at the lunar conference in Udaipur.
Goel said ISRO had selected the Bulgarian payload of radiation monitoring equipment in the spacecraft and two more payloads from European nations.
The moon could use a 7-11.
India has always been loaded with poor people but it's also loaded with highly educated people. I think an Indian mission is a good idea.
European satellite that was launched on the PSLV.
Just as long as they don't make a treaty with these guys. Oh wait you mean Indians from India. Never mind.
Contact this man.
He says he's already been to the moon.
Says he coined the phrase "One small step for a man, one great leap for mankind."
I believe him.
You know why Indian people have a dot on their head?
It's a scratch-off game to see if they won a 7-11.
I am sure the Borg will file a copyright lawsuit and have the mission stopped, John Edwards is currently unemployed so he can take the case.
Continue on....
They're going to send Ward Churchill to the moon?
Oops, sorry. Wrong 'Indian'.
Hello, my name is Singh...may I have the serial number from your Dell computer please?
A change of coat of the paint on this rocket, and a more accurate controller already used in Indian missiles pointed at China, and this will be India's first ICBM with a 18000+ kilometre range.
By the way, I've had the occasion to call Dell's support line quite a few times in the last 2 months. Of course, all I got were Indians. I'd blow their cover, first: "What's your REAL name, don't give me this 'Shirley from Arkansas' stuff", and once they gave me thier real name, the call would proceed.
In all but one case I found them to be capable and effective. One fellow I couldn't understand well, but he'll get a pass. One fellow, however -- the one I give a failing grade to -- promised to accomplish something, then didn't.
But on the whole, those Indians weren't too bad.
That is just too cool. :-)
I want one of those!
As long as we persist in crippling our own kids in ideology-driven public schools, more tech-support jobs will go to competent folks in a nation with 300 million English speaking citizens.
Offshoring America's wealth and technology has a few side effects.
Whilst I agree about schools, our citizens should aspire to more than help-desk jobs.
India has been building satellite launch vehicles for over 20 years -LONG Before American jobs came there & foreign assistance primarily came from the USSR/Russia.The transition from a SLV to an ICBM is not exactly impossible & there are 3 nations(India,Israel & Japan) which can do that in a jiffy.
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