News Grift » Indian Space Research Organisation http://newsgrift.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:47:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 India Begins Space Program, Turns Down US Offer to Fake Lunar Landing http://newsgrift.com/2009/02/27/india-begins-space-program-turns-down-us-offer-to-fake-lunar-landing http://newsgrift.com/2009/02/27/india-begins-space-program-turns-down-us-offer-to-fake-lunar-landing#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:25:05 +0000 Ruddy Hayes http://newsgrift.com/?p=593 india-astronaut

Excerpted from the Mumbai Intelligencer:

Representatives of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) explained that they appreciated the offer from NASA and Hollywood, but that they hoped their astronauts would actually touch down on lunar soil.

Deputy director Rakesh Chopra explained further.

“It’s not that we don’t appreciate the offer.  I mean, they did a heck of a job back in ‘69 and they even offered to let us use the same set and backdrop over in North Hollywood.”

“We just feel we have the will and the technical know-how to actually pull it off in reality and we’ve decided as a nation to just go for it.”

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