India to launch Mars mission this year: President

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Post by zengr » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:31 AM UTC

India to launch Mars mission this year: President
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Post by spraveenitpro » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 9:12 AM UTC

what about educating children in the vast slums of Mumbai... what about water supply to the villages afflicted with famine..

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 9:28 AM UTC

spraveenitpro wrote: post #2

what about educating children in the vast slums of Mumbai... what about water supply to the villages afflicted with famine..

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Post by revorad » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 9:31 AM UTC

Here's a version you can actually read - http://www.readability.com/articles/c3cbrgbi

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Post by lukevdp » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 9:40 AM UTC

spraveenitpro wrote: post #2

what about educating children in the vast slums of Mumbai... what about water supply to the villages afflicted with famine..

They're not mutually exclusive

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 9:41 AM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #3

spraveenitpro wrote: post #2

what about educating children in the vast slums of Mumbai... what about water supply to the villages afflicted with famine..

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Post by PakG1 » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 9:42 AM UTC

spraveenitpro wrote: post #2

what about educating children in the vast slums of Mumbai... what about water supply to the villages afflicted with famine..

Discussion done here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4372563

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Post by nivla » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 9:44 AM UTC

Expecting a flury of "fix all your problems before anything else" comments ITT.

Keeping aside cynicism, it is nice to see a lot of countries aiming towards exploring Mars. We can cover even more grounds this way.

Looking forward to a better space race and hoping these countries will do the right by releasing their work into the public domains.

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Post by ankitaggarwal » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 9:46 AM UTC

spraveenitpro wrote: post #2

what about educating children in the vast slums of Mumbai... what about water supply to the villages afflicted with famine..

Launching such missions does not mean that other areas are being ignored. Stop comparing two completely different things.

I am still skeptical about a successful Mars mission, but it will be good if we all be more positive about it.

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Post by swatkat » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 10:01 AM UTC

Project name: Mangalyaan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalyaan