Indian moon landing.

[bfcjg]

Absolutely amazing achievement and apparently very difficult to do, fair play to them.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/india-prepare ... 30000.html
As one Indian scientist said, though, they tried everything they could to make their plaything Rovers into a success and realised it was easier to go to the dark side of the moon.

[bobinho]

How have they afforded that?

[TheFamilyCat]

I think I once saw them supporting Ozric Tentacles.

[bfcjg]

How have they afforded that?

They stopped subsiding bstards

[kentonclaret]

How have they afforded that?

Probably by buying oil and gas from their friends Russia at knockdown prices.

[TomtheClaret]

I don’t suppose the £1.9 billion in Uk aid hindered

[Elbarad]

Well good for them I say. It's not an easy task. Hope they get some interesting data.

[Hapag Lloyd]

Absolutely amazing achievement and apparently very difficult to do, fair play to them.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/india-prepare ... 30000.html
As one Indian scientist said, though, they tried everything they could to make their plaything Rovers into a success and realised it was easier to go to the dark side of the moon.

A Kwiki-E-Mart could be quite useful for future travellers.

[IanMcL]

Will an Indian moon landing affect our chances of an Indian summer?

[DCWat]

Surprisingly cheap according to this article:

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/indi ... 98004.html

[Bosscat]

Will an Indian moon landing affect our chances of an Indian summer?

Its OK they've gone to the Moons South Pole

[Rowls]

Brilliant stuff! Congratulations to India. Another step forward for mankind.

Obviously we all know that the aid to India should be stopped. Remember that when it comes to ostensibly charitable pledges at election times, no matter which way you vote.

But mainly, congratulations to India on a successful mission.

[durhamclaret]

Poverty throughout the country, they shouldn’t have a space programme, madness imo.

[CoolClaret]

Not particularly into Modi or India and I don’t see them as an ally even if they portray themselves to be.

Their undermining of our attempts to curtail Russia/Putin is one notable example

[Transpennine]

Poverty throughout the country, they shouldn’t have a space programme, madness imo.

India or the UK..?

[Clovius Boofus]

The Foreign Office sent India £33.4 million in aid cash in 2022/23. This will increase to £57 million in 2024/25.

[Swizzlestick]

Sweeteners so deals like this go through https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tata ... ds-of-jobs

[ŽižkovClaret]

I don’t suppose the £1.9 billion in Uk aid hindered

I'd argue it's the least we can do after our colonial past there exploiting the country and it's people

[AmbleClaret]

Anyone care to explain exactly what benefits come from landing on the moon ?

[kentonclaret]

Not particularly into Modi or India and I don’t see them as an ally even if they portray themselves to be.

Their undermining of our attempts to curtail Russia/Putin is one notable example

The front page of the Daily Express today was in celebratory mood at the prospect of a lucrative Trade Deal post Brexit between our two countries.

[bfcjg]

Anyone care to explain exactly what benefits come from landing on the moon ?

The science and technological achievements tend to cross over into industry, medicine etc.

[bpgburn]

Anyone care to explain exactly what benefits come from landing on the moon ?

It helps to achieve Net Zero

[BigChaCha]

I don’t suppose the £1.9 billion in Uk aid hindered

I'd argue it's the least we can do after our colonial past there exploiting the country and it's people

In that case, how much are Scandinavia, North Africa and Italy paying the UK each year?

[Woodleyclaret]

I don't suppose the homeless kids living on the streets of Indias cities are celebrating this ridiculous waste of money
While one person goes hungry spending on this vanity project is obscene ,as is our doling out millions to India. The point of independence was that you stand on your own not rely on constant handouts from the UK

[ŽižkovClaret]

Wont be long before they open up a takeaway and a corner shop.

I wondered when one of the boards mysteriously tolerated racists would pipe up

[ŽižkovClaret]

India or the UK..?

Quite

[bfcjg]

I started this as a celebration of science and to get a light hearted dig at bstards, in no time at all it becomes a tit for tat dig at Indian culture, racists overtones and point scoring. Surely a massive technological achievement by an emerging economy should be applauded especially when only a couple of days before Russia's attempt ended in catastrophe. ( Ironic)

[morpheus2]

Well done Hindostan!
And I wouldn't bother crying about stereotype jokes, I'm sure the Americans built a McDonalds there, its right next to the Chinese's launderette, be nice to have a corner shop there too, hopefully we will get there and build a fish and chip shop. Big boys don't cry, big boys don't cry...

[corporal jones]

I'd argue it's the least we can do after our colonial past there exploiting the country and it's people

So should we ask Italy for some aid then? Or maybe the Nordic countries? Or maybe the French?

[AmbleClaret]

The science and technological achievements tend to cross over into industry, medicine etc.

Which could have not been done otherwise.? Medicinal advances by moon landings, please proliferate.

[Bosscat]

I thought Moon Landings were all fake

Are we sure this isn't a Bollywood film made to look real

[CoolClaret]

I started this as a celebration of science and to get a light hearted dig at bstards, in no time at all it becomes a tit for tat dig at Indian culture, racists overtones and point scoring. Surely a massive technological achievement by an emerging economy should be applauded especially when only a couple of days before Russia's attempt ended in catastrophe. ( Ironic)

From a strict scientific angle? Of course yeah it’s impressive…

Including all the geopolitics - then no I don’t think it particularly should in all honesty.

I wouldn’t say it’s ‘tit for tat’ it’s more people giving their opinion on the India regime and state of the country which is obviously bound to happen given that it’s erm…. An Indian space mission

[bfcjg]

Which could have not been done otherwise.? Medicinal advances by moon landings, please proliferate.

https://healthcare-digital.com/technolo ... e-in-space
https://www.biomerieuxconnection.com/20 ... -on-earth/
Bit like What did the Romans ever do for us ?

[morpheus2]

I thought Moon Landings were all fake

Are we sure this isn't a Bollywood film made to look real

Careful now, last person that stereotyped got beat so badly he ended up in a korma!

[Bosscat]

https://healthcare-digital.com/technolo ... e-in-space
https://www.biomerieuxconnection.com/20 ... -on-earth/
Bit like What did the Romans ever do for us ?

Don't forget memory foam ... that came from the NASA space programme

https://musesleep.com/blogs/daily-muse/ ... emory-foam

[Ampth7]

I started this as a celebration of science and to get a light hearted dig at bstards, in no time at all it becomes a tit for tat dig at Indian culture, racists overtones and point scoring. Surely a massive technological achievement by an emerging economy should be applauded especially when only a couple of days before Russia's attempt ended in catastrophe. ( Ironic)

Such a shame that Putin’s rocket drove itself straight into the surface of the moon at speed only to then see India succeed where they failed only a few days earlier (sarcasm). No doubt a few Russian scientists have been declared as ‘missing’ in recent days?!

[kentonclaret]

I started this as a celebration of science and to get a light hearted dig at bstards, in no time at all it becomes a tit for tat dig at Indian culture, racists overtones and point scoring. Surely a massive technological achievement by an emerging economy should be applauded especially when only a couple of days before Russia's attempt ended in catastrophe. ( Ironic)

Russia’s area of expertise is in bringing aircraft down not in sending rockets up.

[Casper2]

The landing looked amazing, pity the landing craft was a cartoon

[Casper2]

I thought Moon Landings were all fake

Are we sure this isn't a Bollywood film made to look real

Did you actually watch the footage, it’s a graphic.

[Bosscat]

The landing looked amazing, pity the landing craft was a cartoon

Does it look like this ...

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[Casper2]

Does it look like this ...
65fbb5b25289cfc62371df827d2fbcce.jpg

Not quite but very similar

[Bosscat]

Not quite but very similar

Aardman were prophetic then or those crafty Indians nicked his plans

[Carwin261]

How have they afforded that?

Because the UK subsidies them

[morpheus2]

Velcro came from Starfleet... which is kind of NASA in the future.

[ALP]

They put this on the moon, they have a nuclear programme, yet millions live in abject poverty in their nation; we still bale em out with aid.

We have people on the streets, families on the breadline living in hotels can't dick about putting owt on the moon and are effectively bankrupt as a nation.............

Sommat not quite right here, perhaps they should look to reduce the poverty and hunger in their nation before going off into space. The Indian people are superb, and deserve better from their hierarchy.

[karatekid]

That rocket to the moon was probably safer than one of their train journeys.

[Bosscat]

Velcro came from Starfleet... which is kind of NASA in the future.

https://invention.si.edu/george-de-mest ... enaciously.

[AmbleClaret]

https://healthcare-digital.com/technolo ... e-in-space
https://www.biomerieuxconnection.com/20 ... -on-earth/
Bit like What did the Romans ever do for us ?

Could have easily been developed without blasting a rocket onto a distant object which will never be used as anything other than an expensive landing strip.

[mybloodisclaret]

India or the UK..?

I take your point TP, and hopefully in the right format, but the question has to be asked when we are sending £50 mill in aid to a country with a space programme when we have hundreds of thousands of people below the bread line, questions have to be asked.

Doesn't India have a cosy relationship with Russia also?

Great work on the landing, no doubt it. Aid should go to the millions who need it though. If the country can afford a space programme it should be able to afford to support the vulnerable in it's society.

Yes, I know your views and agree. We should help our vulberable far more than we do.

[evensteadiereddie]

Love how some folks assume "aid" is doled out to help eradicate the poverty in India. What does our contribution work out at per head, I wonder? 50p? 20p?
That will work.
Our contributions, as such, are a pretty desperate attempt to - no pun intended - - to curry favour with a
country rapidly rising in world power and influence.
Indian's government, like ours, has probably no intention of getting rid of poverty and inequality.
It's a bit rich some of the loons on here bemoaning the fact that India'priorities lie in making progress in science, technology and military development.
I think not automatically backing the West in their crusade against the Russian bogeyman is a shrewd and, while we're on the subject of finances, sensible move.
And