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by swatkat 13y ago
CCTV live stream begins at 11:00 UTC. Landing scheduled for around 13:40 UTC, 14th Dec.
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China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon(bbc.co.uk)
64 points by swatkat 13y ago|25 comments
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North Korea's Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong-un's uncle, executed(cbc.ca)
1 points by swatkat 13y ago|0 comments
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by swatkat 13y ago
Microhydro is pretty reliable. I've seen quite a few micro and pico hydro plants in mountainous regions of Karnataka (an Indian state) that supply power nearby villages[1]. They're pretty popular in Himalayan states as well[2]. Mi
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by swatkat 13y ago
They could learn a thing or two from Karma Yoga[1] and Ashtanga Yoga[2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma_Yoga [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aparigraha
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by swatkat 13y ago
http://www.sci-news.com/geology/science-fresh-groundwater-re...
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by swatkat 13y ago
Sigh.. yet another over-unity and/or perpetual device? At least they got to build a nice steampunk toy, burning their investor money :) This reminds me of Steorn Orbo that generated a lot of hype many years ago, and turned out to be a
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by swatkat 13y ago
It's a technology development and demonstration, and science project. This is the first inter-planetary mission for ISRO, and the next step after their 2009 Moon mission, Chandrayaan-1 :) http://www.isro.org/mars&#x2F
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by swatkat 13y ago
NASA Eyes on the Solar System is tracking ISRO MOM as well: http://eyes.nasa.gov/ NASA Eyes gets spacecraft trajectories from their DSNs. Here's a screenshot showing NASA MAVEN and ISRO MOM: http://i.imgur.c
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Here are some very informative articles about ISRO MOM, by Emily Lakdawalla of The Planetary Society: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/congrat... http://www.planetary.org/b
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by swatkat 13y ago
I guess it's similar to launching and placing satellites in right orbit, or parking orbit? ISRO's launch vehicle PSLV-XL placed MOM in a parking orbit on Nov 5, 2013 and then ISRO did a series of orbit-raising maneuvers to bring M
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by swatkat 13y ago
Congratulations to ISRO. I was up all night following ISRO's updates :) Mission homepage: http://www.isro.org/mars/home.aspx Here are some pics from ISTRAC (ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network) that was l
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by swatkat 13y ago
It means, MOM has left Earth's sphere of influence, and it's now orbiting in a heliocentric (Sun-centric) orbit. Later in Sep 2014, when MOM comes close to Mars, its rocket motors will be fired again in order to move towards Mars
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by swatkat 13y ago
No, they're are Indians. It's made by Ogilvy & Mather, India. Cast info: http://www.missmalini.com/2013/11/15/have-you-watched-the-go... Production info: http://www.ogilvy.com/Ne
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by swatkat 13y ago
http://www.apple.com/in/buy/shop/ http://www.istoreindia.com/index.html
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NASA Launching New Mission to Mars Today: How to Watch Live(space.com)
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No. From the article: The United States has stations around the world, but none in Russia.
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This is hilarious, liked it. Here's another one: [315 points] You should work from Starbucks. [262 points] Why working from home or Starbucks is a bad idea.
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Yes :) ISRO will be testing SRE-2 next year[1]. Ground tests of a crew module[2] are underway; hopefully orbital test would be done in GSLV Mk III in another two years[3]. Human space flight might be delayed (2020?) due to budget constraint
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by swatkat 13y ago
Yes! Aircel provides Wikipedia Zero, here in India. Domains m.wikipedia.org or zero.wikipedia.org are not billed. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/25/aircel-partnership-brin...
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by swatkat 13y ago
Galileo doesn't have hardware graphics acceleration, and native video outputs (may be solved by capes though). That would make Galileo not so suitable for media center or streaming applications, where BeagleBone and Pi excel... unless
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by swatkat 13y ago
>>>> Maybe it's a joke I do not understand, but your country has been a battleground for years, kingdoms attacking other kingdoms for 1000s of year If you're referring to historical ages, then this pretty much applies
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by swatkat 13y ago
This is already being done at various levels. Rocket motors, parts, satellites etc are built by various private companies all over the world. Many space agencies provide launch and telemetry services. And, now we've exciting new space-
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by swatkat 13y ago
Thanks! By the way, somebody managed to get hardware acceleration working for VLC on Raspberry Pi. So, now we've two options: OMX or VLC. http://intensecode.blogspot.in/2013/10/tutorial-vlc-with-har...
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Here's a nice step-by-step animation describing the launch, tracking, spacecraft separation, and solar panel and antenna deployment: http://isro.org/launchtosolarpanel.aspx
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Report: India PSLV successfully launches MOM en route to Mars http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/11/india-mars-debut-pslv...
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T+150 secs. PSLV Stage-1 separated. PS-2 lit. T+260 secs. PS-2 separated. PS-3 lit. PS-3 burn out. PSLV enters a long coasting of 28 minutes, after which 4th stage will be triggered. T + 32 minutes. Coasting almost done. Stage 4 ignition in
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by swatkat 13y ago
ISRO stream is up: http://216.185.104.74/isro (needs Windows Media Player).
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Yes, that's the tradition :) Former Isro chairman G Madhavan Nair on Monday said, “This has been a tradition. I had also gone to Tirupati before the Chandrayaan mission.” But more than religious beliefs, he said these temple visits he
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by swatkat 13y ago
Here's a nice FAQ by Emily Lakdawalla of The Planetary Society: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/1031123...

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