Congratulations India! And everyone.
Actually congratulations to all countries still running space programmes including Russia's failure.
The more the merrier.
This is a stupendously difficult thing to do, India is truly a superpower.
Actually congratulations to all countries still running space programmes including Russia's failure.
The more the merrier.
This is a stupendously difficult thing to do, India is truly a superpower.
It also ironic that a country and population seen as backwards by the British Empire have overtaken the British in landing on the moon.
Would be nice to see the African and South American continent achieve a moon landing as well.
This is not the moment to go there, but still since we're on the topic, current leaders of Britain (Prime Minister), Ireland (Taoiseach) and Scotland (First Minister) are all of Indian-Subcontinent origin. Britain and Ireland have leaders of Indian origin, while Scotland has of Pakistani origin.
They're much closer culturally than Varadkar who's dad's side of the family is from Konkan region (the coastal region stretching from Goa to Mumbai/Bombay)
(The Beagle 2 lander which crashed into Mars in 2004 was managed from Britain.)