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StoicLime@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

India landed on the Moon for less than it cost to make Interstellar | The Independent

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India landed on the Moon for less than it cost to make Interstellar | The Independent

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India just landed on the Moon for less than it cost to make Interstellar
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Some houses cost less than Indian space agency spent on getting to the Moon
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    And unlike Russia, they were successful

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      India landed on the moon.

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        Russia landed on the moon, too. They just had a few more pieces.

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          They were spreading their control zone

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          They were going for a speed record.

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            Any%

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      You could say Russian landing was more impactful and groundbreaking

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        Ba dum tiss

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      On the second try. First time their engine also over preformed putting them out of the very narrow corridor that their altimeter was expecting. But it looks like India has really overhauled and reworked the code to be much more robust this time.

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