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India landed on the Moon for less than it cost to make Interstellar | The Independent
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And unlike Russia, they were successful
India landed on the moon.
Russia landed on the moon, too. They just had a few more pieces.
They were spreading their control zone
They were going for a speed record.
Any%
You could say Russian landing was more impactful and groundbreaking
Ba dum tiss
On the second try. First time their engine also over preformed putting them out of the very narrow corridor that their altimeter was expecting. But it looks like India has really overhauled and reworked the code to be much more robust this time.