India’s Maiden Mars Mission One Month out from Red Planet Arrival

India’s maiden foray to Mars is now just one month out from the Red Planet and closing in fast on the final stages of the history making rendezvous culminating on September 24, 2014.

As of Aug. 22, 2014, the Mars Orbiter Mission, or MOM, was just 9 million kilometers away from Mars and the crucial Mars Orbital Insertion (MOI) engine firing that places India’s first interplanetary voyager into orbit around the 4th planet from the Sun.

MOM was designed and developed by the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) at a cost of $69 Million and marks India’s maiden foray into interplanetary flight.

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Apparently Mars Needs Moms

Mars needs guitars.

> at a cost of $69 Million and marks India’s maiden foray into interplanetary flight.

Australia could afford that.

mollwollfumble said:

> at a cost of $69 Million and marks India’s maiden foray into interplanetary flight.

Australia could afford that.

You can’t build a scale model in Aus for $69M

mollwollfumble said:

> at a cost of $69 Million and marks India’s maiden foray into interplanetary flight.

Australia could afford that.

Not with this government. Maybe from crowdfunding. if that guy with the potato salad can do it, so can science.

Divine Angel said:

mollwollfumble said:

> at a cost of $69 Million and marks India’s maiden foray into interplanetary flight.

Australia could afford that.

Not with this government. Maybe from crowdfunding. if that guy with the potato salad can do it, so can science.

We need to save our orchids first http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/crowdfunding-bid-to-save-victorian-orchids-20140808-1024d3.html