Always nice to see a country actually have an actual space program*.
In the early hours of Monday morning, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its first “Re-usable Launch Vehicle,” which at full-size will be able to lift satellites into orbit.
Scientists launched the unmanned model to a peak altitude of 65 km (40 miles) before turning it around for a controlled descent into the Bay of Bengal. The total flight lasted about 13 minutes.
Just don’t get me started on ours.
Moe Lane
*Double points for being a country that isn’t awful.
Hold on, I think there’s going to be a test of the Pork Launch System in just a few years.
Of course, by that time Elon Musk will be standing on Mars …
Even better was how little India spent on it. If they keep it up, satellite launches are going to be much more affordable.