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ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

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Re: ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

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Post by sidcool »

pierrec wrote: post #79
sidcool wrote: post #43

I remember when in 2012, the then PM of India had declared this project. The entire internet community came together to deride this, saying it's not possible in a couple of years and that India had better feed its hungry etc. I am a very proud Indian today. This achievement, like other by humanity (LHC in particular), will encourage me to push myself towards greatness.

The HN discussion was indeed a disheartening mix of skepticism and criticism: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4385241

I chuckled reading some of the comments from armchair scientists. This gives me immense hope. For a big part of my life my decisions have been based on other peoples' judgement. Oddly, I feel personally vindicated.

Re: ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

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Post by eidyia »

usbreply wrote: post #53
sidcool wrote: post #43

I remember when in 2012, the then PM of India had declared this project. The entire internet community came together to deride this, saying it's not possible in a couple of years and that India had better feed its hungry etc. I am a very proud Indian today. This achievement, like other by humanity (LHC in particular), will encourage me to push myself towards greatness.

> The entire internet community came together to deride this why the persecution complex ? Yes there was criticism, but there is always criticism of everything on the internet. Another proud Indian.

Proud: "feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's [b]own[/b] achievements"

By definition neither you or sidcool are proud (unless you actually/literally helped the project), you must be looking for a different word, perhaps pleased

Re: ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

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Post by sean_the_geek »

eidyia wrote: post #84
usbreply wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The entire internet community came together to deride this why the persecution complex ? Yes there was criticism, but there is always criticism of everything on the internet. Another proud Indian.

Proud: "feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's [b]own[/b] achievements" By definition neither you or sidcool are proud (unless you actually/literally helped the project), you must be looking for a different word, perhaps pleased

proud:feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated.

you conveniently left the second part "or those of someone with whom one is closely associated."

Re: ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

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Post by ceejayoz »

jacko0 wrote: post #82

Well Done! But $74 Million could have been spent giving toilets to Indians, so that don't have to shit in the streets.

I'd count employing them in a high-tech space program counts as doing that indirectly, and with good long-term benefits.

Re: ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

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Post by eidyia »

sean_the_geek wrote: post #86
eidyia wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Proud: "feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's [b]own[/b] achievements" By definition neither you or sidcool are proud (unless you actually/literally helped the project), you must be looking for a different word, perhaps pleased

proud:feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated. you conveniently left the second part "or those of someone with whom one is closely associated."

well then the question is what "closely associated" means, if by being Indian, Chinese, black, white, orange, etc "closely associates" you with them (that group?) then anything does, the fact that we all wear clothes for example, we belong in a group that shares this idea, which then closely associates us, making the word meaningless

Re: ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

eidyia wrote: post #84
usbreply wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The entire internet community came together to deride this why the persecution complex ? Yes there was criticism, but there is always criticism of everything on the internet. Another proud Indian.

Proud: "feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's [b]own[/b] achievements" By definition neither you or sidcool are proud (unless you actually/literally helped the project), you must be looking for a different word, perhaps pleased

Pedantic much? You know what he meant.

Re: ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

melling wrote: post #78
usbreply wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The entire internet community came together to deride this why the persecution complex ? Yes there was criticism, but there is always criticism of everything on the internet. Another proud Indian.

Yes, but the people who do a lot of the criticizing seem to just shrug their shoulders then start criticizing the next thing. As humans, we often don't learn from our mistakes. And in democratic societies, we expend a lot of energy dealing with the noise.

Almost nobody will admit to being wrong. Plus a lot of people take a lot of satisfaction from being negative about things.
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