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The title says nothing, especially given ISRO's track record. The big news is about the launch vehicle - GSLV Mk III - the most powerful rocket from ISRO.
by manojlds 9y ago
The title says nothing, especially given ISRO's track record. The big news is about the launch vehicle - GSLV Mk III - the most powerful rocket from ISRO.
- v33ra 9y agoand the one that has potential to take an Indian to the moon.
- bewaretheirs 9y agoWith capacity of 10 tons to LEO, 4 tons to GTO, it's somewhere between the Titan II (used for Gemini) and Titan III. Would have to be a pretty lean moon mission.
- danielvf 9y agoWouldn't be a manned mission, but that's plenty enough for a small rover mission.
- InclinedPlane 9y agoOnly for a direct ascent architecture. There are lots of Earth orbit assembly missions that would be possible and not terribly expensive to pull off (at least for a lunar flyby style mission).
- Symmetry 9y agoDoubling the payload to orbit to 10 metric tons and reducing the use of hydrozine to one stage are both big improvements.