tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post8970313872431855224..comments2024-03-29T18:47:52.197+11:00Comments on Submarine Matters & Australian Nuclear Weapons: Indian “Mangalyaan” Mission to MarsPete2http://www.blogger.com/profile/06134037393078707072noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-46341387848462078902019-08-13T15:52:19.777+10:002019-08-13T15:52:19.777+10:00Hi India's "outer space programmes ISRO&q...Hi India's "outer space programmes ISRO" (your Aug 6, 2019)<br /><br />Comment: I assume India mainly wants to beat China in a new Space Race!<br /><br />I notice "Liftoff! India Launches Ambitious Mission to Land at the Moon's South Pole" at https://www.space.com/india-chandrayaan-2-moon-mission-launch-success.html<br /><br />"Chandrayaan-2 is expected to arrive in lunar orbit [September 2019]...[India's] robotic Chandrayaan-2 mission launched today (July 22) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, rising off the pad atop a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III) rocket at 5:13 a.m. EDT (0913 GMT; 2:43 p.m. local Indian time). <br /><br />The launch came after just over a weeklong delay due to a rocket glitch, and just days after NASA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing..."<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-90317707024973012042019-08-07T15:00:50.821+10:002019-08-07T15:00:50.821+10:00the thing is that mangalyaan was a great mission b...the thing is that mangalyaan was a great mission by India which has given us a feeling of patriotism and achievement, we really want our country to be in the first place. the information you have provided is petty much satisfactory but I was expecting more.outer space programmes ISROhttps://isroprogrammes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-60512326908727855912014-01-06T05:16:38.854+11:002014-01-06T05:16:38.854+11:00You Both Narayana Abhinna Srivastava and Pete are ...You Both Narayana Abhinna Srivastava and Pete are right... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-55994821328206638852013-11-17T17:28:16.147+11:002013-11-17T17:28:16.147+11:00Hi Narayan Abhinn Shrivastava
Yes its true that m...Hi Narayan Abhinn Shrivastava<br /><br />Yes its true that mission costs cannot be compared. Comparisons are more for political and PR reasons rather than being of scientific or technical value.<br /><br />Probably what is important is that India's space program can make genuine and tangible achievements - but still within India's financial and technical capacity.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-5428742250389121802013-11-16T21:32:31.050+11:002013-11-16T21:32:31.050+11:00Cost comparisons between Nasa’s own Mars probe MAV...Cost comparisons between Nasa’s own Mars probe MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) and Mangalyaan are ludicrous since the former carried much more instruments and was more sophisticated, and consequently, a costlier venture than the ISRO’s.<br /><br />Narayan Abhinn ShrivastavNarayan Abhinn Shrivastavanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-25464331166416548022013-11-13T15:06:20.686+11:002013-11-13T15:06:20.686+11:00@anon, you do have a problem with numbers don'...@anon, you do have a problem with numbers don't you ?<br />otherwise how does 1337 kg become 'tiny 15 kg' ? fighterclassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-44700852194174440922013-11-11T15:36:03.428+11:002013-11-11T15:36:03.428+11:00Hi Anonymous
One major Indian explanation is:
&q...Hi Anonymous<br /><br />One major Indian explanation is:<br /><br />"If [the mission] succeeds it will serve as a technology demonstrator, boosting Brand India as a whole at a time when the latter has taken some hard knocks. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-06/edit-page/43730993_1_gslv-pslv-isro "<br /><br />New space programs start out small and careful. National pride over utility. For example the first USSR-Russian astronaut was one-way (a dog) and the Yanks used a chimp.<br /><br />There's no way India or indeed China would want to develop their space programs as quickly and expensively as the US and USSR-Russia (1950s-70s).<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-81243749395506155782013-11-11T07:25:49.383+11:002013-11-11T07:25:49.383+11:00Mars mission has drawn a blank, says former ISRO c...Mars mission has drawn a blank, says former ISRO chairman<br /><br />Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair, who lauded the ISRO team for a perfect PSLV launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission on Tuesday, said the mission had already “drawn a blank” scientifically.<br /><br />Talking to Express, Nair said the journey to Mars constituted just 30 per cent of the mission, while the scientific objectives constituted the remaining 70 per cent. In the latter part, the ISRO has drawn a blank as it had to settle for a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rather than the more powerful Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) to launch the mission, he said.<br /><br />“At the outset, let me compliment the ISRO team for the perfect injection into orbit using a PSLV. As usual the PSLV has performed well. But the real journey starts now,” he said, adding that the ISRO has had to compromise so much on the project that it was akin to “cutting the head to fit the hat.”<br /><br />He also stuck to his earlier stand that the whole mission was nothing more than a publicity stunt. “Initially, the ISRO had planned a dozen or so instruments (aboard the mission), but now it’s just five. Without the GSLV, they have had to jettison most of the instruments. The Methane Sensor is the only one that may prove useful, and in that area too, Nasa has already conducted studies and prepared a methane map. There’s no use at all for us to chase that,” Nair said.<br /><br />Cost comparisons between Nasa’s own Mars probe MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) and Mangalyaan are ludicrous since the former carried much more instruments and was more sophisticated, and consequently, a costlier venture than the ISRO’s.<br /><br />According to the former chairman, who is fighting to clear his name in the corruption allegations related to the Antrix-DEVAS S-band deal, the ISRO should instead have focused on Chandrayaan-II and the development of the indigenous cryo stage and the Reusable Launch Vehicle.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-55494537880954704342013-11-11T07:22:40.209+11:002013-11-11T07:22:40.209+11:00With a laughably tiny 15kg payload on a highly ell...With a laughably tiny 15kg payload on a highly elliptical orbit, this entire mission is utterly pointless except as theatre to distract the masses, which is exactly what it is. <br /><br />It was literally only funded to appease the ISRO after their highly respected boss was used as a fall guy for a corruption scandal in the Indian government. <br /><br />Go search "Madhavan Nair" and see what the former ISRO chief has to say about the Mangalyaan. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com