Comment by iamshs | Hacker News Reader

Comment by iamshs | Hacker News Reader

Parent Full thread

It is a travesty that his comment is at the top, rather than discuss merits/demerits of this initiative, we (atleast 7 of us commentators) are fixing this downright moron's narrow vision. I am immensely peeved that his comment is not adding anything of value, and is outright banal as they come on Indian topics.

I do not think GSLV is ready, and won't be ready any time sooner although they are testing it in December. Also, I think GSLV should achieve workhorse capability like PSLV before it can be tasked with major workloads. I think NASA is helping with the payloads on MOM. I would be curious to know which ones are contributions by NASA though [1]. Also, the landing gear is designed with the help of ROSCOSMOS [2]. Some more detailed information in these links [3, 4, 5].

[1] - http://www.isro.org/pslv-c25/pdf/mom-payloads.pdf

[2] - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2013/pdf/2760.pdf

[3] - http://isp.justthe80.com/planetary-exploration/mars-obiter

[4] - http://antariksh-space.blogspot.ca/2013/01/isro-mars-mission...

[5] - http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3zXg2UZ2J7w/UOej3qTPVvI/AAAAAAAAAO...

[6] - http://www.iafastro.net/iac/archive/browse/IAC-12/A3/3A/1469...

[7] - http://www.ias.ac.in/jess/aug2009/d8je-91.pdf

God forbid if someone voices a different opinion than yours, he must be a "downright moron" right?

No. This is not different opinion at all, but rather a very very common and banal opinion that gets voiced in every Indian space thread. I deliberately used strong language because I felt it is deserved. The comment is not exploring anything novel, is a rabid near-sighted political and anti-science commentary, and is taking space away from scientific questions.

You might want to read the guidelines[1] before commenting on HN.

"Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation. When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names."

Also do you even read before calling names? You're the only one who took the discussion away from the topic placed in here. Please note that groupthink of seven people who agreed with you doesn't make opinion of others (who disagree with you) any less relevant.

[1] http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

This is civil, I would have called you out in face to face discourse too. Btw, will you say to an Indian politician verbally face to face, to bug off to mars on this orbiter? (refer to your first post, first line)

I have replied very aptly to the points that are being raised in posts. I am not deviating in any sense at all, instead you took science away from this topic. Well then your opinion is one that gets raised thousand times, and it is under my purview to give a strong reply once.

EDIT: Reply to comment below.

"> This is civil + I would have called you out in face to face discourse too.

Notice the contradiction? You should calm down, I think."

Honestly, I am lost on the point you are trying to prove here with your comment. I am saying, I would have said those words to you face to face too.

Anyways, thank you for contributing a whole lot of this topic.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com