the 21 hours yang spent in space has done wonders to the chinese reputation.
I am sure it has. the commie party looks for any excuse like success in sports,
space, economy to justify their one party regime.
and that is why india has been talking about a lunar voyage. what is the real benefit of such an exercise?
I believe to develop some deep space comm network and a more autonomous
type of satellite. the mission itself looks more like a vehicle to push the development
of these. plus it will do wonders for the reputation of india :)
if going to the moon is really benefitial, usa would have made the shuttle capable of going there. it didn't and it discontinued the lunar expeditions.
if not the moon where can india go first ? mars and venus are more expensive missions.
and i agree with your comment on ariane and japan.india should set its goals right, and concentrate on building its own cryogenic engine for satellite launches. it is now using the russian engine, iirc.
the engine is already been made and tested to its full firing time of 1000 secs
on testbed. it will be launched in 2004. the next series of GSLV (mark3)
will be much different from present. see:
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SPACE/space-launchers-gslv.html
" The Indian CUSP reached a milestone when it successfully ran for 1000 seconds [70]
on September 14, 2002 at full 9.5 tonne thrust [71], indicating ISRO's CUSP program
is geared to realize C20 stage. "
the 2nd launchpad at sriharikota to increase tempo of launches is complete.
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