India creates history.

[anonymous_user_60dfdb0c]

I meant that India was the first country to be successful in it’s first mars mission.

@oasf;153633

I think he meant that this was the first time any nation managed this on the first attempt. Not sure if that is true, though…

You got it right.

[mindfane]

@Robert Khalikov;155743

And don’t forget that the giants did this in 60s. They didn’t have the Internet to download old declassified papers from other space agencies. They didn’t have Kerbal Space Program to see if their plans work. They used computers less powerful than your iPhone5 whose only output were sheets of monotonous green numbers. There was no Unreal Engine 4 and the acid was the only way to see SM5-level visual effects. They wasn’t even sure that it was possible to land on Mars. But they did it. That’s what I call an achievement!

So yes, this thing is the first Indian spacecraft orbiting Mars and are all happy for them! But I don’t think it is correct to compare it to what US and USSR did back in the good old days of the Space Race. It’s like saying that a modern schoolboy is smarter than Albert Einstein because he can calculate faster using his device, while Einstein had to use paper, pencil and a lot of time.

While I agree with you that better access to information and lessons learned from other’s mistakes has really helped them, I believe what they achieved is remarkable. After all, all the nations on earth had access to these information and some of them even had more money to spend, but it is the Indians that actually managed to do it!

[anonymous_user_138c2332]

@mindfane;158626

While I agree with you that better access to information and lessons learned from other’s mistakes has really helped them, I believe what they achieved is remarkable. After all, all the nations on earth had access to these information and some of them even had more money to spend, but it is the Indians that actually managed to do it!

That’s because other countries work with NASA. I’d consider it remarkable if they sent it to Europa or somth.

[Robert_Khalikov]

@mindfane;158626

While I agree with you that better access to information and lessons learned from other’s mistakes has really helped them, I believe what they achieved is remarkable. After all, all the nations on earth had access to these information and some of them even had more money to spend, but it is the Indians that actually managed to do it!

Definitely it is remarkable. I was only pointing out that there’s nothing really outstanding in being “the first who successfully launched a spacecraft without failing previously” because failures are part of the normal development process. This doesn’t change the fact that launching a spacecraft to Mars is a great achievement by itself.

[Stefan_Lundmark]

So I was thinking I’d check out the off-topic forums. What a mistake. Let’s say I’m glad the developer sections at least show some quality in the discussions.

[savagebeasty]

I did a successful bowel movement today. Although that doesn’t sound overly amazing I have failed in the last few attempts so for me it was rather momentous.