Chandrayaan - launched

That's another stride that India has taken.
Kudos to ISRO family and all of India.
Visit ISRO's website for information and images such as these.(The news channels overdo, with too much added masala, one feels)
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What else was evident during the countdown over the past few days? One could hear professional-sounding amateur news persons talk about 'colonising', 'moon real estate development' and more -
Now for some hilarity:
- A major news channel devoted several bytes to a gentleman who has bought land on the moon as a gift to his family, from a website. Lends credence to the word 'lunatic'.
- The domain name BUYLANDONTHEMOON.COM seems to be available. Any takers?
- Read about the hoax at Museum of hoaxes
- Hope you feel reassured after reading Legal Loopholes Help Man Sell the Moon

Comments

  1. RAJI MUTHUKRISHNAN22 October, 2008

    Bought land on the moon?
    From whom? The man in the moon?

    Lends credence to the word 'lunatic'. - good one!

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  2. Swarna22 October, 2008

    Raji
    Sadly, not from him :)
    However, if you are interested, you can buy acre parcels of land on the moon

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  3. Indrani22 October, 2008

    Interesting links!

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  4. Kat22 October, 2008

    Congratulations to everyone involved in this prestigious stride our Country has taken. Former, Present and Future Scientists and all.

    While nations are grappling with techniques to 'land on the moon' interesting to note that people have already started buying 'land on the moon'..!!!!

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  5. Swarna22 October, 2008

    Indrani - yes, anyone can print those sale-deeds, come to think of it.
    Kat - That's a good pun.

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  6. kallu23 October, 2008

    Land on the moon- are we being greedy? or looking far far ahead?
    We have to think of Red Indian Chief Seatle's note to the US govt when he said ' we belong to the land, the land doesn't belong to us "
    That's why the White man was able to rob the Red man.

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  7. Swarna23 October, 2008

    Kallu
    Greed is evident, yes - nations are also eyeing moon's potential as a source of helium.
    'We belong to the land' - what a wonderful thought! Long live the Red men! (always been of the opinion - the Red man is the American - all others are settlers).

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  8. Sayani23 October, 2008

    hmm wondering about the rates of real estate in moon ...coz its quite high in delhi :)

    gud one :)

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  9. Swarna23 October, 2008

    Sayani, thanks for visiting
    Only Rs 1400/ per acre. Let me know when you receive the sale-deed - we'll celebrate!

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  10. harimohan26 October, 2008

    tks for the post and link
    gives every indian a sense of pride
    we can buy the universe why stop with the moon

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  11. Swarna26 October, 2008

    Thanks for visiting, Dr Harimohan, and giving expression to your sense of pride.

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