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LIBS confirms the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface

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Re: LIBS confirms the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface

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LIBS?

A clearer title of Chandrayaan-3 Rover confirms presence of sulphur on the lunar surface instead of the cryptic LIBS reference would have sufficed. Even the title on the official post there with it's "...unambiguous in-situ measurements" ... is weird.

Re: LIBS confirms the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface

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Preliminary analyses, graphically represented, have unveiled the presence of Aluminum (Al), Sulphur (S), Calcium (Ca), Iron (Fe), Chromium (Cr), and Titanium (Ti) on the lunar surface. Further measurements have revealed the presence of manganese (Mn), silicon (Si), and oxygen (O). Thorough investigation regarding the presence of Hydrogen is underway.

It seems to me, we know there is hydrogen because we know there is water. Not to say they shouldn't test it anyway, but that's my layman's understanding of the current science.

Re: LIBS confirms the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface

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There's a flurry on new info. In particular the variance of surface temperature at the lunar south pole, from 60 degree Celsius on the lunar surface, to -10 degree Celsius if you probe just 8cm below the surface https://nitter.net/pic/orig/media%2FF4hsyEQaEAAB-AS.png A whole seventy degree temperature difference over such a small height delta. There were a bunch of scientists trying to explain this on Indian news TV…

> Their project scientist is a very ordinary guy with extremely average test scores, for an Indian aspirant.

Almost like test scores don't tell the whole story and aren't a great measure of a human's potential... (I'm sure you get this, but I wish it wasn't a topic)

Re: LIBS confirms the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface

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Just to be clear, Modi and his shithole party had nothing to do with the success of Chandrayan. 100% credit goes to the scientists and engineers.

Not taking anything away from the scientists and engineers, it is their achievement completely. But is this the way to talk about the party that has the support of 80% of Indians? Hate to see such uncultured speech. @dang please flag parent comment.

This isn't Twitter. Nationalist bulgars are not good, even if they know how to woo an audience.

Re: LIBS confirms the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface

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So what you are saying is that the numerous deficiencies are *intrinsic* to India (and Indians) by extension and will never go away? Is is about their DNA (nature) or their culture (nurture)? What is about "a vast, diverse population into something they are not" ? Are you saying India can not be a middle-ish income country like China/Thailand/Malyasia etc. I would like to believe that wise choices by the electorate a…

> Is is about their DNA (nature) or their culture (nurture)? It's always about culture. The British Empire employed a strategy of divide-and-rule: it encouraged and amplified the caste system, and also encouraged the partitioning of society along religious lines. On top of that, it layered the English class system, and a horribly-botched partition. I don't mean to imply that Indians don't have agency; they've had 80…

It will be great to see the collapse of the EU as well, which seems to be further along than USA.

Re: LIBS confirms the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface

#78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just to be clear, Modi and his shithole party had nothing to do with the success of Chandrayan. 100% credit goes to the scientists and engineers.

Not taking anything away from the scientists and engineers, it is their achievement completely. But is this the way to talk about the party that has the support of 80% of Indians? Hate to see such uncultured speech. @dang please flag parent comment.

I don't care if it has support of 80% Indians. And even you know that's objectively not true. Any party which does not care about democratic principles is a shithole party.

Re: LIBS confirms the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not taking anything away from the scientists and engineers, it is their achievement completely. But is this the way to talk about the party that has the support of 80% of Indians? Hate to see such uncultured speech. @dang please flag parent comment.

I don't care if it has support of 80% Indians. And even you know that's objectively not true. Any party which does not care about democratic principles is a shithole party.

Ok, Not 80%, but 79% percent! You actually think a party that doesn't care about democratic principles can gain so much popularity, that too in the largest democracy in the world?

https://swarajyamag.com/politics/about-80-per-cent-indians-h...

Re: LIBS confirms the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not taking anything away from the scientists and engineers, it is their achievement completely. But is this the way to talk about the party that has the support of 80% of Indians? Hate to see such uncultured speech. @dang please flag parent comment.

This isn't Twitter. Nationalist bulgars are not good, even if they know how to woo an audience.

Ehh... You give HN too much credit. It's only slightly better than the cacophony of ill-informed baboons that proliferate on other platforms.

Just look at the kind of baseless and denigrating comments people spew around. What more proof do you need.

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