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The mission may be postponed to 2014 if the US government shutdown continues.
by klackerz 13y ago
The mission may be postponed to 2014 if the US government shutdown continues.
- swatkat 13y agoNot necessarily. ISRO needs NASA's Deep Space Network to communicate with spacecraft only when it gets too far away from Earth. ISRO's Bangalore DSN can handle it during initial days (how many?) of launch. Moreover, NASA is launching MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) in November. So, it looks like NASA's DSN will indeed be operational despite govt. shutdown. Let's hope for the best. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/indias-october-28-mars-mission-on-schedule-isro/article5204371.ece http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/indias-october-28-m... ------- Update: "NASA/JPL authorities have reaffirmed support for the MOM as planned and stated that the current US government partial shutdown will not affect the schedule of MOM," Bangalore-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement." http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nasa-reaffirms-support-to-indias-mars-orbiter-mission-isro/1/313321.html http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nasa-reaffirms-support-to...
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