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The Indian programme for Moon manned landing is in doubt

New Dheli, India - The project appears excessively expensive when considering the socio-economic exigencies of a large part of the population

An important debate has recently started within the Indian scientific and political environments regarding the national aerospace sector. India would be planning to perform its first Lunar disembarking by 2015, but many experts in the country would appear to think that such project is too expensive, also considering the limited gains which could stem from it. The programme often looks more like an...

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Rome, Italy, 08/17/2004 15:28
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