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India Moon Landing Attempt 8:30 AM ET 23AUG23
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India Moon Landing Attempt 8:30 AM ET 23AUG23
YT feed: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuOz2ulZU-o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-NqXkjkqhU
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RE: India Moon Landing Attempt 8:30 AM ET 23AUG23
India 1, Russia 0
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!

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RE: India Moon Landing Attempt 8:30 AM ET 23AUG23
Well done to everyone involved Smile
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!

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RE: India Moon Landing Attempt 8:30 AM ET 23AUG23
Moon 2, India 1 all others 0.

Successful touchdown and loads of happy people on the live stream. Pure joy. (Modi's mug on the screen not withstanding).
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RE: India Moon Landing Attempt 8:30 AM ET 23AUG23
(August 23, 2023 at 8:39 am)Nanny Wrote: Moon 2, India 1 all others 0.

Successful touchdown and loads of happy people on the live stream. Pure joy. (Modi's mug on the screen not withstanding).

It was annoying, watching the display of speeds and altitude then cutting away to stare at a politician every few minutes... but it was nice to see him wave his little flag at then end!
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!

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RE: India Moon Landing Attempt 8:30 AM ET 23AUG23
(August 23, 2023 at 8:55 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote:
(August 23, 2023 at 8:39 am)Nanny Wrote: Moon 2, India 1 all others 0.

Successful touchdown and loads of happy people on the live stream. Pure joy. (Modi's mug on the screen not withstanding).

It was annoying, watching the display of speeds and altitude then cutting away to stare at a politician every few minutes... but it was nice to see him wave his little flag at then end!


Clickbait media: "Chandrayaan-3 landed on the moon's south pole!"

Me: "If 69 degrees and 37 minutes of latitude is a pole then Santa's workshop is in Fairbanks."
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RE: India Moon Landing Attempt 8:30 AM ET 23AUG23
The moon’s South Pole is one giant crater.   If the ball goes through the hoop it doesn’t matter if it touched the rim.

When the Chinese landed in the same crater but even further north no one second guessed its claim of having gotten to an even more broadly defined South Pole  before everyone else.

But I do think some private organization tacitly backed by government (read Japan and Israel) will now try to be the space age Amundsen or Scott and actually get within a few miles.
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RE: India Moon Landing Attempt 8:30 AM ET 23AUG23
(August 23, 2023 at 8:39 am)Nanny Wrote: Moon 2, India 1 all others 0.

Successful touchdown and loads of happy people on the live stream. Pure joy. (Modi's mug on the screen not withstanding).

Actually, all others have landed on the moon in one piece well over a dozen times.   What is more those others have also all managed to take off from the moon again and land back in earth, which arguably is considerably more challenging task due to far more stringent size, space and weight restriction.
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RE: India Moon Landing Attempt 8:30 AM ET 23AUG23
Also let us not lose perspective of the fact that this is fundamentally achievable with early 1960s technology.
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RE: India Moon Landing Attempt 8:30 AM ET 23AUG23
Statistics are for the 2023 season only.
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