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Fred Sanders

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1. Far, far too much bad news gets coverage compared to much, much good news in the world.

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 08:43 AM

Sep 2014

Kicked to the moon and recommended on planets everywhere.

India has more genuine high level scientists than Americans have guns.

"Nandini Harinath, 44, a physicist and a mother of two, was the deputy operations director of the Mars mission - in other words, she was the person "operating" the spacecraft between Earth and Mars. "It's easier to bring up children than to control the Mars orbiter," she told the NDTV news channel. Minal Sampath and her team built three instruments for the spacecraft and she wants to become "the first woman director of a space centre".

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India's Mars mission: Picture that spoke 1,000 words (BBC) [View all] eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 OP

Far, far too much bad news gets coverage compared to much, much good news in the world. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #1

India has a hell of a lot of discrimination and subjugation, as well. randome Sep 2014 #2

You could put that generic and meaningless tag on any country. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #5

Hardly jealousy. randome Sep 2014 #7

Wow, you really don't know what you're talking about BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #13

Upper class women have been able to obtain high levels of education for a long time BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #6

I would wager that the percentage of Americans that do not value an education is higher. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #9

I am biased, but I believe a culture or country that does not value education is doomed BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #12

Who's glossing over the bad? Must every story of triumph be "balanced" by agony? Hekate Sep 2014 #10

I stated the irony of the picture better in post #7. Not meaning to rain on anyone's parade. randome Sep 2014 #11

Yes, but what you stated in 7 is bullshit that has no meaning, so there is no irony. CBGLuthier Sep 2014 #15

For all the problems in India malaise Sep 2014 #3

Mars Orbiter Mission muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #4

And the BBC puts acronyms in lowercase, hence "Mom". Thanks, MV. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 #17

You Go Ladies! Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 #8

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #14

kickety countryjake Sep 2014 #16