Keith’s Note: According to the Times of India: “I congratulate you on the Moon landing. But as an economist let me congratulate you for doing it in a budget less […]
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Chandrayaan-3 Landed Safely On The Moon
Keith’s note: India’s Chandrayaan-3 has landed safely at the Moon’s south pole. India is the first nation to visit this part of the Moon and only the fourth nation to […]
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Will U.S. Companies Be Allowed To Launch on Indian Rockets?
Congress Asks Questions About U.S. Policy Regarding Indian Launch Vehicles, House Science, Space, and Technology Committee “Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Space Subcommittee Chairman Brian […]
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America's Hypocritical Fear of Indian Rockets
Of India and ICBMs: two current concerns for American small-satellite launch, Space Review “A primary argument of the launch companies is that lifting the ban on the PSLV will enable […]
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What Can NASA Learn from ISRO?
NASA Needs an Indian Tutorial, Bloomberg Review “What can the U.S. space program learn from the Indian one? Not much, if the standard is outer-space achievement: India’s modest record mostly […]
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India Is On Its Way To Mars
Mars Orbiter Spacecraft Successfully Placed in Mars Transfer Trajectory “The critical manoeuvre to place India’s Mars Orbiter Spacecraft in the Mars Transfer Trajectory was successfully carried out in the early […]
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Leak Causes ISRO to Scrub Launch
ISRO Scrubs GSLV-D5 Launch Due to Leak, SpaceRef Business “India’s attempt at launching the GSLV-D5 rocket today with the GSAT-14 satellite was postponed due to a leak found in the […]
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Mars Orbiters Aplenty
CuriousMars: 2013 to Debut U. S. and Indian Mars Atmospheric Orbiters while Challenging China In Asian Space Race, SpaceRef “Mars will be thrust into international politics during 2013 as India […]
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Odd Spin on NASA/ISRO Lunar Collaboration
Desperate Nasa seeks space in Isro mission, DNA “National Aeronautics & Space Administration (Nasa) is trying hard prevent India’s first manned space mission, tagged at Rs10,000 crore,from being indigenous. And […]
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GSLV F06 Failure: First Report (with video)
ISRO: GSLV F06 Failure: Preliminary Findings and Further Steps “The finding of the Preliminary Failure Analysis Team is that the primary cause of the failure is the untimely and inadvertent […]