ISRO will soon be finalizing its launch date for the upcoming Mars Orbiter Mission, expected to lift off on October 28:
http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/14/india-to-launch-its-first-mission-to-mars-video/
There is an available launch window of approx ~10 days around this time, from a planetary alignment that won't occur for another few years. As a result, India may consider a follow-up mission to Mars in 2018.
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The title of article ought to have been "Voyage to the Communal Saffron Planet".
I take this opportunity to make an impassioned public appeal to our GREAT WHITE ITALIAN SAVIOUR to order the ISRO to re-direct the Probe to a suitable "secular" planet.
"Communal" only has to be inserted into the title if you're psecular media, which I'm hopeful we're not.
But seriously, Mars could one day become the site of a future Indian colony. I wonder what name we could give to such a colony? How about Indus Nava, or Indus Vartam?
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