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It launched people into orbit, hasn't it? It's been much more successful than India, for instance. But you're right that compared to Russia its accomplishments
by orijing 15y ago
It launched people into orbit, hasn't it? It's been much more successful than India, for instance. But you're right that compared to Russia its accomplishments are fewer. Perhaps it's just a matter of time.
- arank 15y agoIt's been much more successful than India I will appreciate some data here!
- burke 15y agoMars doesn't tell nearly the whole story, but this sticks out in my mind as an interesting infographic, notably devoid of any "India" lines. http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/10/GoCGR.jpg http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/10/GoCGR.jpg
- arank 15y agoNote that China's mention is with Russia in that info-graphic. And here is the wikipedia page of that mission which clearly states that Chinese Mars obiter will be sent with Fobos-Grunt. While I don't discredit China of that but its a different thing to launch a satellite as opposed to sending your satellite on vehicle launched by some other country. FYI: India's 'independent' mars mission is not far - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisation#Planetary_exploration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisat... India's moon mission was the first one to prove the presence of water on moon - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-1#Water_discovered_on_the_moon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-1#Water_discovered_...
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