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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I have no idea how these numbers are calculated. India could be utilizing technology developed by others. This, of course was how Japan jump-started their economy in the 60s and 70s and how China has been doing it. Also, a huge proportion of US costs are for safety and testing. Again I have no idea how the India space movement is managed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net@lists.toku.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harry Forsdick via LCTG<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 24, 2023 5:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mitchell I. Wolfe <mwolfe@vinebrook.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Harry Forsdick <forsdick@gmail.com>; Lexington Computer and Technology Group <lctg@lists.toku.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] India becomes the fourth country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>I am most impressed with India's accomplishment of landing an unmanned space vehicle on the Moon.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>But, consider this: India has the 5th out of the 50 largest GDP of economies in the world but the 48th out of 50 countries in per capita GDP. While landing a space vehicle is impressive, raising the per capita GDP would be far more impressive an accomplishment.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>I also find these claims of India doing this for less than others a little disingenuous. There is a lot more to the story of why this might be true:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>NASA is doing a lot more than India's flight to the north pole of the moon.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>NASA, and several other space agencies have created an incredible amount of prior knowledge over the 60 years of space exploration for use by other countries, including India. This must have saved them a ton of money.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>This is India's third attempt to accomplish such a landing.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>I'm not trying to tarnish India's accomplishment -- rather I am reluctant to feel badly about our more expensive efforts to achieve spectacular results in our space exploration.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>-- Harry<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=5 cellpadding=0 style='background:#EEEEEE'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#500050'><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/resume/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>Harry Forsdick</span></a><br><a href="http://lexingtonphotoscan.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>Lexington Photo Scanning</span></a><br><a href="http://lexingtontmma.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>Town Meeting Member Precinct 7</span></a><br><a href="mailto:harry@forsdick.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>harry@forsdick.com</span></a><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#500050'><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>www.forsdick.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=5 style='width:3.75pt;padding:1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#500050'> </span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#500050'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#500050'><a href="https://goo.gl/xZXT2F" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>46 Burlington St.<br>Lexington, MA 02420</span></a><br><a href="callto:17817996002" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>(781) 799-6002 (mobile)</span></a><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><a href="http://meet.jit.si/HarryForsdick" target="_blank">meet.jit.si/HarryForsdick</a> (video)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#500050'><br><a href="http://forsdick.weebly.com/home/my-websites" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>Click</span></a> to see my other websites</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#500050'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 1:41 PM Mitchell I. Wolfe via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Reuters reported the $75M budget as part of the initial coverage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Today they had an article about how costs were controlled on the suppliers, schedules, fuel, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/chandrayaan-3-punches-home-indias-lead-budget-space-flights-2023-08-24/" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/india/chandrayaan-3-punches-home-indias-lead-budget-space-flights-2023-08-24/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p id="m_822315061793370078reply-intro"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>On 2023-08-24 12:40, Larry Wittig via LCTG wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 5.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in'><div id="m_822315061793370078replybody1"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>An interesting note is that they did it for a small fraction of the price we pay. I think I it was $75M. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/23/india-chandrayaan-3-moon-landing-came-at-small-cost.html" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/23/india-chandrayaan-3-moon-landing-came-at-small-cost.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 12:28 PM Peter Albin via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/world/chandrayaan-3-lunar-landing-attempt-scn/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/world/chandrayaan-3-lunar-landing-attempt-scn/index.html</a><br><br>Peter<br><br>===============================================<br>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>Reply goes to sender only; 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