News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on India successfully shoots down satellite in space. Parent comment

Re:India successfully shoots down satellite in space by thevardanian on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:30AM (#19501883)
So... Don't announce scientific achievements by your national space agency during an election?

Talk about skewed perspectives.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:India successfully shoots down satellite in space by MiroF on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @12:00PM (#19502248)
Wait, now I'm confused... is it a military national security issue or a scientific achievement?

China managed to not have Xi Jinping announce when they did it.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:India successfully shoots down satellite in space by sbmthakur on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @12:08PM (#19502355)
> China managed to not have Xi Jinping announce when they did it.

Which test you're talking about? Xi wasn't leading China back in 2007. And thanks to the ignorance of their top brass, the Chinese received considerable negative reaction after the test.[1]

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:India successfully shoots down satellite in space by MiroF on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @12:17PM (#19502488)
> Xi wasn't leading China back in 2007.

You're right - I was confusing it with the more recent non-destructive tests that were also not explicitly announced.

And I don't think they received negative reaction because they didn't announce. It's no secret that the West is not full of fans of China

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:India successfully shoots down satellite in space by thevardanian on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @01:13PM (#19503135)
Yah man. We need to celebrate space agencies/scientists even less.
[ Parent | on HN ]