everyone celebrating india's mission to the moon's south pole i love you and im with you but this is NOT india's first accomplishment in space!! im seeing a lot of people saying that but its not true. some other things we've done:
- confirm the presence of water and ice on the moon
- was the first asian nation to reach mars orbit, and the first nation IN THE WORLD to reach it in it's maiden attempt
- saved thousands of lives from cyclone phailin in 2013 over the four days, resulting in 45 deaths when without them, would have been in the thousands at minimum
- launched the first successful flight using the indigenous cryogenic engine
- successfully neutralized a satellite in space with an anti-satellite (mission shakti, anyone?)
- launched 104 satellites with one (1) rocket
- THE VIKAS ENGINE??? HELLO?? NAMBI NARAYANAN??? even if you didnt know him before, surely youve seen the movie rocketry?
not to mention everything we've done in coordination with other nations, and achievements from Indian scientists and astronauts that were then taken by other nations, usually during war. plus, we've always been much more cost efficient than our space-faring peer nations
all to say!! we've always been there, and we've always been strong. our mission now only proves that, and we should scream it loud and proud for any westerner who ignores us again
