Swadeshi Space Shuttle Tests, ISRO's 'Mission Accomplished': 10 Facts

[ScienceRocks]

Swadeshi Space Shuttle Tests, ISRO's 'Mission Accomplished': 10 Facts

Sriharikota: India successfully tested its first-ever swadeshi or indigenous space shuttle today as its scale model - the Re-Usable Launch Vehicle - Technology Demonstrator or RLV-TD - was launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 7 am. Nearly 20 minutes after its lift-off, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced, "mission accomplished".

Swadeshi Space Shuttle Tests, ISRO's 'Mission Accomplished': 10 Facts

India is acting like a great power! Thousands and thousands of high paid and intelligent workers are adding to its economy! It is about ready to pass the United states as a space power.

 

[Vikrant]

India is a long way from building the quality of space shuttle US builds and it is certainly a very long way from surpassing the US in space. Nevertheless, this launch was a great accomplishment for the country. Go India!