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Aditya captures full-disk images of Sun; can aid in understanding impact of solar radiation on Earth’s climate The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) instrument on board Aditya-L1, India’s first space solar observatory, has successfully captured the first full-disk images of the Sun in the ...

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Chang'e-5' Propulsion Module moved to Sun-Earth L1 point after the sample return module entered Earth's orbit. These are cost-effective & innovative ways to utilize resources, just like the 4th Stage of PSLV. They may also contribute towards reducing space debris.

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India sets sights on a moon base by 2047 India is setting long-term goals that could see the country establish its own moon base before 2050. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S. Somanath set out a provisional, integrated roadmap for exploring the moon in a Nov. 28 talk at a sympos...

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What is a hybrid rocket and what are the green propellants used? I don't see any info about this on their website either.. Liquid Nitrous Oxide variants perhaps as a monoprpellant rather than the dangerous Hydrazine? This is the path several green propellant attempts are taking. And, Hybrid may be ...

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Isro gears up to bring Lunar samples on Chandrayaan-4; Key docking experiment in 2024 - Chethan Kumar, ToI Re-orbiting the Lander, RPO (Rendezvous & Proximity Operations which also has significant military requirement), Docking, Trans Earth Injection, Atmospheric re-entry & Recovery, Safe-h...

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What would be the outcome of such an excercise? I agree with Vayutuvan on that part. First of all, there should be unanimity in political support, which is not there because of opposition’s hatred of Modi. Secondly, they would use it as a political opportunity to rile Modi & BJP. These would be...

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Astronauts for Gaganyaan mission ready and waiting for flight to happen in 2025: ISRO chief - ET Gandhinagar: Indian Space Research Organisation chairman S Somanath said here on Saturday that the astronauts selected for India's first human space flight programme Gaganyaan are ready and waiting for ...

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Aditya-L1 unveils insights into solar wind dynamics - ToI India's Aditya-L1 satellite has marked a significant milestone as the Aditya Solar wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX) payload initiated its operations, shedding light on the mysteries of solar wind , Isro said on Saturday. ASPEX, equipped with...

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Can the Chinese self correct the falling population trend? So darn difficult. In fact impossible. I don't want to make this a China forum but their TFR is half of the replacement TFR of 2.1 and is falling, in spite of the two-child or three-child encouragement. Also, it was not the one-child policy...

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New milestone! IIT-M incubated space-tech startup Agnikul to flight test world’s 1st single-piece 3D-printed engine Chennai-based startup Agnikul, known for its expertise in developing satellite launch vehicles, has announced plans to launch its first flight by the end of this year . What sets this...

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Aditya L1 spacecraft is nearing its final phase, says ISRO chief - ET Aditya L1 spacecraft, India's first space-based mission to study the Sun, is nearing its final phase, and maneuvers to enter the L1 point are expected to be completed by January 7, 2024 , according to ISRO Chairman S Somanath. &q...

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Wonder why not visit the Phillipines or Taiwan to showcase the breadth of alliance ? Garooda, you have posed the same question in two threads unnecessarily. As for the Philippines, Austin visited that country in late Jan this year and then Pres. Marcos visited the US and met Austin in the Pentagon....

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Is it just me or does the CM look upside down. In another pic somewhere I saw the CM was tilted on its side in the sea, merrily bobbing away. The floatation system should correct such a position. Gaganyaan mission: After success of crew module abort test, ISRO eyes uprighting system in 2024 - Johns...

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Pratyush wrote: ↑27 Oct 2023 11:51 Why was Li Keqiang in Singapore of all places?

Was he looking to defection?

Pratyush, he died in Shanghai

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Now the New Yorker also chimes in, with https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/30/chinas-age-of-malaise Here are my reflections on some important points made in this wonderful article. How did Wang become a literary icon in a country famed for its constraint? It helped that he was adroit at cra...

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ricky_v wrote: ↑25 Oct 2023 03:04^reports say that he has been missing from the public eye since late august, the nuke sub incident is mid to late September I think

The date of the accident that is circulating is August 21.

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ISRO develops its agenda for the future - Ajay Lele On October 21, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully tested the Crew Escape System (CES), part of its progress on the human space travel program called Gaganyaan. ISRO will be analyzing the data generated during the entire mis...

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Is it just me or does the CM look upside down. In another pic somewhere I saw the CM was tilted on its side in the sea, merrily bobbing away. From this week's The Space Review article on the ISRO Abort Test , The rescheduled launch attempt 45 minutes later was successfully completed despite the cre...

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RoyG wrote: ↑12 Oct 2023 19:14 Have a theory about DG Khan incident

Good research, thanks.

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I think that the initial increase in range from 250 Kms to 450 Kms was probably a s/w activation.

But, other range extensions have probably been done through optimizations to ramjet engine's performance or the use of composites.

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Skyroot signs MoUs with French space firms to launch satellites on its Vikram rockets - NIE Space-tech startup Skyroot Aerospace has signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with French satellite companies for procurement of its launch services in the upcoming Vikram 1 mission and future miss...

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ramana wrote: ↑11 Oct 2023 00:40 https://lloydmelnick.com/2017/06/14/thi ... ippur-war/

S.Sridhar an old article about how confirmation bias blinds assessment.

Thanks for the article ramana. Interesting.

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hindsight is always right but for sure Israel has some soul searching to do !! That statement from Haniyeh is as good as Khalid Kidwai of Pakistan's SPD drawing the nuclear redlines. Has to be taken seriously. When we have an implacable enemy, we have to err on the positive side. This Hamas attack ...

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Excellent step by Mudi when he has been awarded highest honour by Palestine , not easy. There is a subtle, even open, difference. The PA (Palestinian Authority) rules West Bank and Mahmoud Abbas of PA gave that award. Hamas is in Gaza. The PA and Hamas don't see eye-to-eye and Egypt & KSA have ...

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India stands firmly with Israel in this difficult hour, PM Modi tells Israel PM

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Egypt says it's staying out of current Israel-Hamas conflict. Is there any danger Egyptian govt of Al-Sisi could be destabilized from this? (ie. could Israel defeating Gaza lead to greater danger of losing Egypt?) We have to understand the following: The ideological fount for Hamas is the Egyptian ...

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Solar mission: Aditya-L1 undergoes trajectory correction - ToI Several days after it escaped the Earth’s sphere of influence, India’s first solar space observatory, Aditya-L1, underwent a Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM) . The Spacecraft is healthy and on its way to Sun-Earth Lagrange Point-1 ...

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There are totally 4 abort tests including this one. I suspect that this one is more for CES's performance. The subsequent tests would include the complete scenario including pressurization. A long time back, the re-entry and the heat shield had been tested. There are also 2 uncrewed LVM-3 flights fo...

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Gaganyaan: Crew module development progressing, Isro geared up for abort test - ToI The crew module — where the astronauts will be contained in a pressurised Earth-like atmospheric condition during Gaganyaan — is under various stages of development. The space agency, which is aiming to conduct the ...

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Bala To be honest Tejas had more enemies in services than babus. Very easy to blame the faceless babus when it's the service gold braid that sabotages. And the retired ones are worse. Three legged cheetah was remark by a retiree. I run into that 'cheetah' gentleman frequently in seminars. I agree w...

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What happen to MBS? Why is not in Paki land ? It was guaranteed that he will come to Land of Pure in first eek of October. He was supposed to have visited the Land of the Pure either on his forward or return leg to the G20 Meet. That was the Pakistani propaganda which none believed anyway. Pakistan...

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Discussion about why the US must move away from entirely counterforce to a mix of counterforce plus countervalue, in order to take the combined might of China and Russia, without increasing its nuclear arsenal. The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Can Deter Both China and Russia - Glaser, Acton & Fetter - F...

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I think she didn't mention the Welfare State i.e. exporting democracy state which drives the State Dept to do regime change willy-nilly. This Welfare state is what gives a bad name to the US. So very true, ramana. Totally agree. The Welfare State has sub-states like suitably-masked evangelism, huma...

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Defence Minister Rajnath releases fifth positive indigenisation list at Navy seminar - Mayank Singh, NIE India has unveiled its fifth Positive Indigenisation List, featuring 98 items , as part of efforts to boost self-reliance in defence and innovation. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled the l...

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Army set for massive drill to test new-generation weapons, tech - Rajat Pandit, ToI The Army has geared up for a massive combat exercise to test new-generation weapon systems and technologies as well as to validate new concepts in long-range firepower, battle-readiness and force-preservation, inclu...

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Prem Kumar wrote: ↑04 Oct 2023 15:08
1) Beggar Pakis ordered 500 AIM-120C's in 2006 itself

They got it for free.

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India's private space sector skyrockets - ET When Indian entrepreneur Awais Ahmed founded his satellite startup in Bangalore in 2019, his country was still a year away from opening the space industry to the private sector. "When we started, there was absolutely no support, no momentum," s...

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He also threatened Indian High Commissioner in Canada, Sanjay Verma. In the threat audio, Pannun urges India to recall its diplomats and shut down embassy in Canada. India must send commandos to protect the Indian embassy & consulates like how we used to do in Afghanistan. Canada is as bad as t...

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Pratyush wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023 20:09 The geography of the south china sea is such. That PRC can dominate the region, even without a large aircraft carrier fleet.

But it can easily be bottled up there too

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The Arctic is the latest arena for NATO and Russia to flex their military muscle - Japan Times A submarine snakes through a fjord in Norway alongside a British amphibious transport ship, as F-35 fighter jets roar overhead. NATO forces are gathered for a joint drill to repel a simulated invasion, al...

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