Indian Moon Mission led by women!

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For the first time in India's history, a space mission is be led by two women ..

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K. Sivan is head of the ISRO. He said last week the Chandrayaan-2 mission was the nation’s most complex space project yet. This is partly because of the difficulties of completing a soft landing on the lunar surface. The agency said that India has spent about $140 million on the Chandrayaan-2 mission.
If the spacecraft does successfully complete a soft landing, it would be only the fourth country to do so after the United States, Russia and China.
India deployed an unmanned spacecraft in an orbit around the moon in 2008. That mission helped confirm the presence of water on the lunar surface.
A soft landing on the Moon would be a major step for India's space program. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced plans to launch a crewed space mission by the year 2022. India says it also plans to put a space station in Earth’s orbit and launch a robotic mission to Mars.
The Indian mission would be the third attempted moon landing this year. In January, China successful landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. In April, an Israeli spacecraft attempted to land on the moon, but crashed shortly before reaching its target.
 
Uranus sounds too Dionysian for the Indian program. It's more Apollinian given that women are involved.
 
There is a way out of 'unmanned' that involves pointing out that it stems from the Latin for hand, but the feminists have never approved because no one really understood it this way.
 
If the spacecraft does successfully complete a soft landing, it would be only the fourth country to do so after the United States, Russia and China.
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It either lands or it doesn't. What is a "soft landing"? :unsure:

In April, an Israeli spacecraft attempted to land on the moon, but crashed shortly before reaching its target.
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Oh. Never mind.
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Sudacafan said:
Are you saying that unmanned would be the sexist word for single women, as opposed to married?
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Yes. Berkeley is officially removing "manhole" from city government manuals. It is being replaced by maintenance hole.

It is also removing chairman, policeman, policewoman, and manpower.
 
Bartelby said:
For the first time in India's history, a space mission is be led by two women ..

Read more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

K. Sivan is head of the ISRO. He said last week the Chandrayaan-2 mission was the nation’s most complex space project yet. This is partly because of the difficulties of completing a soft landing on the lunar surface. The agency said that India has spent about $140 million on the Chandrayaan-2 mission.
If the spacecraft does successfully complete a soft landing, it would be only the fourth country to do so after the United States, Russia and China.
India deployed an unmanned spacecraft in an orbit around the moon in 2008. That mission helped confirm the presence of water on the lunar surface.
A soft landing on the Moon would be a major step for India's space program. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced plans to launch a crewed space mission by the year 2022. India says it also plans to put a space station in Earth’s orbit and launch a robotic mission to Mars.
The Indian mission would be the third attempted moon landing this year. In January, China successful landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. In April, an Israeli spacecraft attempted to land on the moon, but crashed shortly before reaching its target.
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They are after the Helium 3. this is precious source of fuel for Nuclear fusion reactors. this is huge
 
sureshs said:
Yes. Berkeley is officially removing "manhole" from city government manuals. It is being replaced by maintenance hole.

It is also removing chairman, policeman, policewoman, and manpower.
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Berkeley belongs on the far side of the moon .
That city is such a pathetic joke
 
I totally support getting rid of sexist terms. Chairman became Chairperson long time ago, and postmen became postal carriers. Even policemen and women became police officers.

The manhole was a surprise. I guess personhole would have sounded awful so they made it maintenance hole.

These changes may appear cosmetic but are very important as they subliminally remove the sexist connotations of the past. Words shape thought.
 
sureshs said:
I totally support getting rid of sexist terms. Chairman became Chairperson long time ago, and postmen became postal carriers. Even policemen and women became police officers.

The manhole was a surprise. I guess personhole would have sounded awful so they made it maintenance hole.

These changes may appear cosmetic but are very important as they subliminally remove the sexist connotations of the past. Words shape thought.
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It’s easier in English, a language which generally has no gender variations, as Spanish or others:
Blanco/blanca (white), alto/alta (tall), gordo/gorda (fat), el/la (the), los/las (plural of the).
There is a movement in Spanish that wants to introduce changes in language to neutralize gender which I find ridiculous.
Instead of generally speaking about los niños (masculine) which should be understood to include las niñas (feminine), they invent “les niñes”, for instance.
 
sureshs said:
I totally support getting rid of sexist terms. Chairman became Chairperson long time ago, and postmen became postal carriers. Even policemen and women became police officers.

The manhole was a surprise. I guess personhole would have sounded awful so they made it maintenance hole.

These changes may appear cosmetic but are very important as they subliminally remove the sexist connotations of the past. Words shape thought.
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I believe everyone has the right to be chairperson of their maintenance hole
 
Of course females will man this mission to the moon. Also, it is perfectly appropriate four gin durr flewid OP two resighed at the Mira Mesa Manor, an abode mini wood caul a mansion.
 
Sudacafan said:
It’s easier in English, a language which generally has no gender variations, as Spanish or others:
gordo/gorda (fat),
There is a movement in Spanish that wants to introduce changes in language to neutralize gender which I find ridiculous.
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"Fat" and "Gordo" is sufficient. The pronoun he/she el/ella will then indicate the gender of the heavy one..
Why is it necessary for the Spanish adjective "Gorda" to further fat shame the person?
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Raul_SJ said:
"Fat" and "Gordo" is sufficient. The pronoun he/she el/ella will then indicate the gender of the heavy one..
Why is it necessary for the Spanish adjective "Gorda" to further fat shame the person?
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Haha, this is the trick we have to make English speaking people be wrong while speaking in Spanish.
They tend to make mistakes with gender usage, as they don’t have it in English. In Spanish there is gender distinction for pronouns, nouns and adjectives, in many cases (not all).
It’s funny to us to hear them say incorrectly “Ella es gordo”, i.e., to mix feminine with masculine.
I think other languages have the same thing.
By the way, don’t mistake él (pronoun=he) for el (article=the, for masculine singular).
 
Sudacafan said:
It’s funny to us to hear them say incorrectly “Ella es gordo”, i.e., to mix feminine with masculine.
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The pronoun Ella indicates the gender. Why must the adjective additionally incorporate the gender?
It is redundant.
And mixing feminine with masculine is not wrong as we are now transforming to a gender-fluid society.
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Raul_SJ said:
The pronoun Ella indicates the gender. Why must the adjective additionally incorporate the gender?
It is redundant.
And mixing feminine with masculine is not wrong as we are now transforming to a gender-fluid society.
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It would be redundant, but wrong if you apply it otherwise, as you don’t have a neuter alternative.
Gender fluidness may sometimes be in conflict with proper grammar. Don’t blame me about that.
 
sureshs said:
I totally support getting rid of sexist terms. Chairman became Chairperson long time ago, and postmen became postal carriers. Even policemen and women became police officers.
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I am not too sure I agree.
When people read old books they will wonder.

sureshs said:
These changes may appear cosmetic but are very important as they subliminally remove the sexist connotations of the past. Words shape thought.
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I am not sure this will have much effect. Men will try to subjugate women anyway, their children will pick up the cues. These cosmetic changes wont do anything.

Is this part of the political correctness thing. that is getting ridiculous. Like the "differently abled".

Someone even told me pets are now "animal friends". LOL.
 
Apartheid systems label everything in racial terms for a reason. It ensures that the politically correct attitude to race is permanently re-enforced.

This is why the use of language, however trivial it may seem initially, has an immense long-term effect.

In any event, we live and work in bureaucracies and they need to find words for things. People can still use language as they see fit in casual usage.
 
Bartelby said:
Apartheid systems label everything in racial terms for a reason. It ensures that the politically correct attitude to race is permanently re-enforced.

This is why the use of language, however trivial it may seem initially, has an immense long-term effect.

In any event, we live and work in bureaucracies and they need to find words for things. People can still use language as they see fit in casual usage.
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It’s interesting that certain demographics are deified for using, what would ordinarily be thought of as offensive language. It is celebrated as cutting edge art .

But these same people who celebrate one demographic, criticize all other people for anything perceived to be offensive.

It’s hard to reconcile in my mind.....except that I understand that “logos” is only one part of rhetoric. And unfortunately in practice, it’s the part that exercises the least amount of influence on an audience
 
Sentinel said:
I am not too sure I agree.
When people read old books they will wonder.



I am not sure this will have much effect. Men will try to subjugate women anyway, their children will pick up the cues. These cosmetic changes wont do anything.

Is this part of the political correctness thing. that is getting ridiculous. Like the "differently abled".

Someone even told me pets are now "animal friends". LOL.
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Differently abled, visually challenged, mentally challenged, etc. are very important to prevent dehumanization. The issue is that most people are not doctors with good intent who say "blind" because they mean it in a medical way. Most people tend to make fun of mentally challenged people by calling them retards etc. This was very common when I was growing up. Similar to referring to women as chicks or broads. Words are very important. Rampant jokes about "Surds" vitiated the atmosphere with anti-Sikh feelings. A nephew of mine in Chennai who had never known a Sikh genuinely believed that they were funny stupid people.

Obviously you are not the type to understand stuff unless it happens to you, but people like me have the well-being of everyone at heart.

And when people read old books, led them wonder. They should wonder more. Then you will not have well-educated people in India who have never met a Jew in their life making mean comments about Jews because they read Merchant of Venice in school or college.
 
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Bartelby said:
Apartheid systems label everything in racial terms for a reason. It ensures that the politically correct attitude to race is permanently re-enforced.
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And then they justify it saying they are literally correct, like signs for Colored bathrooms or Gentile clubs. Their aim is dehumanization. One who doesn't understand that will understand it only when it happens to him, and then he will be jumping up and down about discrimination.
 
Sentinel said:
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Is this part of the political correctness thing. that is getting ridiculous.
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No it is not. Once the use of terms to refer to lower castes in Hinduism was made unpopular and even criminally punishable, even the religious katha type of preachers who continue to justify the caste system use a different word (sevak meaning one who serves). Even they think twice about what they say.

In the US, terms like Oriental and Chinaman and Paki were widely used. Maybe it started out with a neutral intent, like that Oriental in a room of 100 other people, but it always ends up badly.
 
r2473 said:
It’s hard to reconcile in my mind.....except that I understand that “logos” is only one part of rhetoric. And unfortunately in practice, it’s the part that exercises the least amount of influence on an audience
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Did you learn that in maintenance hole training?
 
Bartelby said:
In any event, we live and work in bureaucracies and they need to find words for things. People can still use language as they see fit in casual usage.
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And things evolve. Manhole and Chairman made sense when all of the people working in those positions were men. I remember when I started working, a guy in the office said I am the new receptionist. I was shocked for a moment because I had always pictured the position as female. As times change, terms should also change.
 
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