Saturday, August 29, 2009

Chandra-yawn

The day had come when India ventured into outer space. I was in my home watching news and other broadcasts on Chadrayaan - I. Incidentally my home is in Nellore, A.P. I was very excited and also worried that the launch of this very expensive equipment is just few kilometers away from where I was having my coffee. All went well, and thanks to our brilliant scientists, the yaan was up and cruising. I was told ,by various "scientific experts" in TV channels and news websites, that this yaan could answer the great question of water. I waited and waited until the "launch news" subsided. Then I wondered what was being probed and started dressing myself well. Slowly the wonder faded and I forgot, so I guess were our TV channels and news websites, until today.
Apparently, the yaan was successful and got aborted, atleast thats what the radio signals indicate. But I believe, that the yaan wanted to do more probing to find the answer for the "ultimate question" and when the submit button for "FIND WATER ELSEWHERE", it obeyed.