Let's see if the Shivans are inmune to the Mars Curse.....
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:02 pmIndian Mars mission hit by snag
They think they have good chance of pulling through though.
Science editor at Indian broadcasting network NDTV, Isro's chairman K Radhakrishnan said: "The space craft is healthy and it encountered a problem when a specific redundancy test was being conducted and it failed to reach the desired velocity it was to achieve."
If the additional firing on Tuesday can successfully bridge the gap, a final midnight manoeuvre on 16 November will boost the apogee to 192,000km.
On 1 December, the engine will be fired again for its "trans-Martian injection", despatching the craft on a 300-day journey to Mars.
way to go guys.