Re: India's Chandrayaan 1 Successfully Launches

On Oct 22, 5:02�pm, BradGuth <bradg...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 22, 10:04 am, "Mark R. Whittington" <mwhitti...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

The Indian Moon mission, the Chandrayaan 1, has launched successfully
from the launch complex at Andhra Pradesh in southeast India.
Chandrayaan 1 is in orbit around the Earth, preparing to be fired into
a trajectory to lunar orbit.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1133014/indias_chandrayaan_1...

Will this one also be as Selene color/hue saturation blind, as is JAXA/
Selene?

Will their camera DR be every bit as poor as or perhaps worse than
Kodak film?

Being fully public funded, what are the odds we'll ever get to review
0.1% of their raw findings?

�~ BG

its supposed to map the moon. if you go all the way to the moon you
want a splashy exhibition of chinese technology.

it would be awesome if it could see the apollo remnants and slow the
conspiracy nuts
.

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