Chandrayaan-1 is on its way to the moon

By thescian on October 21, 2008.

BBC news report. ISRO press release here.

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When I was young, I used to wonder why my father insisted on watching news channels on TV all the time instead of the wonderful sexless cartoon characters. I don't wonder anymore. I've started doing it myself now. The joys of gettin old. News that caught my distracted eyes (I've been distracted by…

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