India's Mangalyaan arrives at Mars \o/

Capt'n Midnight

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29341850

India's space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed - by sending an operational mission to Mars.

The Mangalyaan satellite was confirmed to be in orbit shortly after 0800, Indian time. It is, without doubt, a considerable achievement.

This is a mission that has been budgeted at 4.5bn rupees ($74m), which, by Western standards, is staggeringly cheap.

The American Maven orbiter that arrived at the Red Planet on Monday is costing almost 10 times as much.

Back in June, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi even quipped that India's real-life Martian adventure was costing less than the make-believe Hollywood film Gravity.

Rucking_Fetard

The American Maven orbiter that arrived at the Red Planet on Monday is costing almost 10 times as much.

Them lads are paying themselves fierce well.

namloc1980

Nice image from the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission showing the limb of the planet with atmosphere:

Rucking_Fetard

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

Them lads are paying themselves fierce well.

I checked, I'd been wondering since I seen the cost to run curiosity for next year.

An average of €60,000 a year.

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Aerospace_Engineer/Salary

Not as high as I'd thought.

Edit: How many of them is there???

Rucking_Fetard

China is keen to send its own mission to Mars in the wake of India's Mangalyaan

2014 and we're all trying beat each other to do the same thing.

ZeroThreat

So, no prizes for guessing who will establish the first Quik-E-Mart when the first permanent Martian colony is built

gctest50

namloc1980

Full global view from the MOM. Just beautiful and look at that dust storm brewing in the Northern Hemisphere.

Rucking_Fetard

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

2014 and we're all trying beat each other to do the same thing.

Wayhey, here's a bit of cooperation...

U.S., India space agencies sign agreement as partners in exploration of Mars and Earth

Coordinated observations with the MOM and Maven Sats up at Mars and on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission,

In 2020, the two space agencies plan to launch the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, mission to observe the Earth and measure changes in its land surface. “Nisar will improve our understanding of key impacts of climate change and advance our knowledge of natural hazards,” NASA said in a statement.


For that mission, NASA will provide the L-band synthetic aperture radar, a high-rate communication subsystem for science data, GPS receivers, a solid state recorder, and a payload data subsystem, the statement said. ISRO will provide the spacecraft bus, an S-band synthetic aperture radar and the launch vehicle, it added.


The tie-up between the space agencies “reflects the strong commitment NASA and ISRO have to advancing science and improving life on Earth,” Charles Bolden, NASA administrator said in a statement after he signed the agreement.

Nothing really wild or exciting, taking a few pics together and sending up yet another SAT to look at how we are speeding up fecking up the planet but no one really gives a sh1t cuz it's still far enough away so "I'll be dead".

Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years, says WWF

35000 Walruses in one place cuz their's no ice left.


See how this goes.

JupiterKid

Well done to India! Their Mars mission has already sent back some tantalising images. May their MOM/Mangalyaan mission be an unqualified success.

This means that there are now seven operational missions at Mars. Two on the surface - Opportunity and Curiosity - and five in orbit - Mars Odyssey 2001, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN and MOM.

shedweller

Am i a bad person for reading these articles in an Indian accent?

Maximus Alexander

shedweller wrote: »

Am i a bad person for reading these articles in an Indian accent?

Little bit.

Rucking_Fetard

JupiterKid wrote: »

Well done to India! Their Mars mission has already sent back some tantalising images. May their MOM/Mangalyaan mission be an unqualified success.

This means that there are now seven operational missions at Mars. Two on the surface - Opportunity and Curiosity - and five in orbit - Mars Odyssey 2001, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN and MOM.

And another on the way...soon.

ExoMars mission in 2018

Four possible landing sites are being considered for the ExoMars mission in 2018. Its rover will search for evidence of martian life, past or present.
ExoMars is a joint two-mission endeavour between ESA and Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. The Trace Gas Orbiter and an entry, descent and landing demonstrator module, Schiaparelli, will be launched in January 2016, arriving at Mars nine months later. The Rover and Surface Platform will depart in May 2018, with touchdown on Mars in January 2019.