India Launches Mars Orbiter Into Space

From the Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 9:00 AM

India's first interplanetary mission, Isro's Mars Orbiter, rocketed towards Mars from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Tuesday to carry out scientific experiments and search for evidence of life on the red planet.

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4thaugust1932 11 years ago

Indian regime is spending $1 billion/year on ISRO where 836 million of their people are starving on 50 cents/day wage slavery.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/836.....645-7.html

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India Launches Mars Orbiter Into Space

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