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Some news outlets have been calling it a "space shuttle", which is highly inaccurate considering that this has no plans of being for human use. I'm happy with t

Some news outlets have been calling it a "space shuttle", which is highly inaccurate considering that this has no plans of being for human use. I'm happy with the progress ISRO has made but lying/deception will not help anybody.

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trhway 10y ago
http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/isro-rlv-science-india-takes-baby-step-towards-reusable-space-shuttle-today-2814507/ http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/isro-rlv... "The hypersonic flight experiment (HEX) will be followed by the landing experiment (LEX), return flight experiment (REX) and scramjet propulsion experiment (SPEX)." Notice - scramjet. I think it isn't reusable space program like SpaceX's. It is more of an advanced tech development program with "spaceplane" being a goal. Dovetails nicely with the current active development of 7Mach Russian-Indian scramjet missile BraMos 2.
dgaaaaaaaaaa 10y ago
It could be just ignorance. I would bet that the journalist thought that space shuttle is a fancy word for rocket.
- dingo_bat 10y ago
  It is a mix of ignorance and trying to exaggerate/sensationalize everything.
piyush_soni 10y ago
Unfortunately, ISRO can't control what news outlets write about them.
grkvlt 10y ago
This isn't 'lying' or 'deception' in any sense of the words. News outlets are calling it a space shuttle because they are either misinformed, confused, or just trying to find a form of words that will be familiar to a layman and confer a general sense of what is being attempted while not striving for, or caring too much about, technical accuracy. Off topic - It's a little sad when people's first reaction to a mistake or inaccuracy is to immediately claim it as a deliberate attempt to mislead or other malicious act, and I see this a lot. Generally in Internet arguments the response to someone making an incorrect statement seems to be to call them a liar, as though they are deliberately misstating things, rather than simply being wrong...
pjc50 10y ago
It looks superficially similar to the Shuttle, which is probably why people are happy with the term: http://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/galleries/Reusable%20Launch%20Vehicle-Technology%20Demonstrator%20%28RLV-TD%29%20Images/5c330.jpg http://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/galleries/Reusabl...
sageikosa 10y ago
If it shuttles things to and from space, doesn't that make it a space shuttle? I guess it depends on where you want to draw the lines between launch vehicle and shuttle. The origin of the term shuttle is from weaving with back and forth motion carrying a payload, so something that is reusable can very arguably be termed a shuttle (especially if it can bring things back and forth to orbit).

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trhway 10y ago

http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/isro-rlv-science-india-takes-baby-step-towards-reusable-space-shuttle-today-2814507/ http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/isro-rlv... "The hypersonic flight experiment (HEX) will be followed by the landing experiment (LEX), return flight experiment (REX) and scramjet propulsion experiment (SPEX)." Notice - scramjet. I think it isn't reusable space program like SpaceX's. It is more of an advanced tech development program with "spaceplane" being a goal. Dovetails nicely with the current active development of 7Mach Russian-Indian scramjet missile BraMos 2.

dgaaaaaaaaaa 10y ago

It could be just ignorance. I would bet that the journalist thought that space shuttle is a fancy word for rocket.

dingo_bat 10y ago
It is a mix of ignorance and trying to exaggerate/sensationalize everything.

piyush_soni 10y ago

Unfortunately, ISRO can't control what news outlets write about them.

grkvlt 10y ago

This isn't 'lying' or 'deception' in any sense of the words. News outlets are calling it a space shuttle because they are either misinformed, confused, or just trying to find a form of words that will be familiar to a layman and confer a general sense of what is being attempted while not striving for, or caring too much about, technical accuracy. Off topic - It's a little sad when people's first reaction to a mistake or inaccuracy is to immediately claim it as a deliberate attempt to mislead or other malicious act, and I see this a lot. Generally in Internet arguments the response to someone making an incorrect statement seems to be to call them a liar, as though they are deliberately misstating things, rather than simply being wrong...

pjc50 10y ago

It looks superficially similar to the Shuttle, which is probably why people are happy with the term: http://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/galleries/Reusable%20Launch%20Vehicle-Technology%20Demonstrator%20%28RLV-TD%29%20Images/5c330.jpg http://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/galleries/Reusabl...

sageikosa 10y ago

If it shuttles things to and from space, doesn't that make it a space shuttle? I guess it depends on where you want to draw the lines between launch vehicle and shuttle. The origin of the term shuttle is from weaving with back and forth motion carrying a payload, so something that is reusable can very arguably be termed a shuttle (especially if it can bring things back and forth to orbit).