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That's the propulsion module, lander & rover is what ISRO said would likely work only one lunar day. ISRO does tend to understate what is possible though.

I don't disagree. Just that we need to put all the"praise" in perspective and not get carried away.

No surprise there. The Americans are doing this clapping like a paternalistic pat on the back (the Europeans are probably somewhat irritated and bitter). The real test will come only when their superiority is challenged. Just like it was with the Soviet Union and now with China. The gloves will...

I don't. I made my point clearly. You are entitled to your opinion. Including on my opinion.:) (btw, discussion about "proper" funding in a time when we were reliant on food aid to feed our people needs context)

From 1950 onward, space research was funded through the Department Of Atomic Energy even if a separate organisation was, as you pointed out, set up in 1962.

Even if we support Modi, it was a bit irritating to see his image in the last few seconds of the landing because DD decided that was more important than showing the details of the landing itself. Following it was an unnecessarily long speech (for the occasion) instead of being brief and...

A bit overdone. Nehru's contribution to many things was immense, ISRO among them. Dismissing it is pointless just as all credit being given to him is stupidity. Some nuance is necessary.

Nothing wrong with the script, the ethnicity of the actors is the issue.

That's very essential work. Just like Bill Bryson's book - "A Short History of Nearly Everything " is one of the best and most engaging book I have ever read on the history of science. That guy is just a very funny travel writer. The best scientists aren't the most engaging people or great writers.

Probably but its very unlikely that it was Neil Degrasse Tyson's doing. Unless he was the producer and director.

Thanks. I saw it but I didn't find any direct reference by Neil Degrasse Tyson referring to them as Africans even though it used African actors and was called out in the comments. If this was all there was to it, I believe that it may be a bit overblown to blame him for the choice of actors.

No need to delete. He was considered important enough by PM Modi to personally invite and meet him during the PM's US visit. Opinions can vary...

Can you please post a link.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chandrayaan-3-makes-historic-touchdown-on-the-moon/ Some good information here.

Seems the Russians are crashing the party. They are launching their own lander on August 11 and planning to land on the South pole of the moon on the 21st.... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/village-totally-evacuated-with-vladimir-putin-set-to-send-his-first-spacecraft-to-moon/ar-AA1eTv3t...

Thought stars like the sun become bigger as they start the long process of dying.

Look, I'm not a fan of Nehru bashing or indeed of most leaders . Hindsight is always 20/20. With the exception of Rahul Gandhi, not all Congress leaders can be tarnished completely. Sure, there are many mistakes and almost definitely, their push to socialism messed up a lot of things but this...

Not even the US can fund itself like that anymore...