Indians ... iiiinnn ... spaaaaace!

[unixronin]

India has become the newest player in space beyond Earth orbit.  The Indian designed and built Chandrayaan-1 successfully launched today carrying 11 scientific payloads, destined for Lunar orbit.  India's future plans include launching Chandrayaan-2 by 2012 to land an automated rover on the Moon, launching a manned mission by 2015, and a manned Moon mission by 2020.

Do I hear any bets India has astronauts on the Moon before the US makes it back there?

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[ithildae.livejournal.com]

It is too depressing to bet. This is one of the issues that I really care about in politics. I remember the Apollo moon missions. All of them. Given the economic voodoo going on right now, I doubt the Orion missions will make it by 2014, the current target date. It slipped from 2012 late last year. The original Orion project was canceled. That makes me very nervous about the current project of the same name. I try not to think about our space program anymore.