Hey remember when US and Russia was all like “We’re the best!!! We’ve won the space race!!!!” But India sent a kick-ass space probe to Mars and the whole mission was fuel efficient, costed less and a roaring success in the first try and then they were like “…..wait no that can’t be true” and still have the audacity to call us “underdeveloped” or only view us as a ‘third world country’? :)

For anyone who needs more info, the probe was called Mangalyaan (which literally means space probe vehicle) or Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and you can also get more information here and here

Remember when NYT mocked India for this very thing and an TOI (a major indian newspaper) responded with this? :)

They were being racist asf and we were till respectful literally fuck you if you think ‘third world counties’ can’t be better than you

white people can and should reblog this

and shout out to the women engineers integral to the launch

“Indian staff from the Indian Space Research Organisation celebrate after the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft entered Mars’s orbit.

On November 5, 2013, a rocket launched toward Mars. It was India’s first interplanetary mission, Mangalyaan, and a terrific gamble. Only 40 percent of missions sent to Mars by major space organizations—NASA, Russia’s, Japan’s, or China’s—had ever been a success. No space organization had succeeded on its first attempt. What’s more, India’s space organization, ISRO, had very little funding: while NASA’s Mars probe, Maven, cost $651 million, the budget for this mission was $74 million. 

This was not the only success of the mission. An image of the scientists celebrating in the mission control room went viral. Girls in India and beyond gained new heroes: the kind that wear sarees and tie flowers in their hair, and send rockets into space.”

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there’s a movie adaptation of this! it’s obviously more dramatized/they use different names but i really really loved the movie! it’s called mission mangal and it was the first time i had heard of this and i was so surprised that literally? no one talked about it??? what they accomplished is incredible.

ALSO, Mangalyaan launched in 2013 and was meant to be a 6 month mission. It’s been in orbit around Mars now for more than 5 years and has enough propellant to keep going for even longer.

“The kind that wear sarees and tie flowers in their hair, and send rockets into space.”

FUCK YES. THIS IS THE TYPE OF REPRESENTATION I’VE BEEN HERE FOR!!

I love how the dudes at back are pure happy!!

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GUYS PLEASE SIGN THIS!!! SHE IS BEING CONVICTED FOR A CRIME SHE DIDN’T COMMIT!!

for people who are unaware of why the riots in minneapolis started happening, here’s the facts:

so don’t get it twisted. the cops just want to change the narrative to make it look like they’re the wounded and righteous party, when they’re the ones who started reacting violently in the first place and are still acting violently. so don’t you ever forget who started this tragedy and murdered someone, and who are continuing to react to the situation with violence. 

I spent all day watching videos from actual protesters and news media alike so I could educate myself more on the situation so here is some more information so you can be as educated as possible especially if, like me, you are dealing with ignorant family members.

•The POLICE started the violence, not the protesters. The march had reached the precinct and the protesters were standing at least six feet away from the barricades for the most part. There were also some protesters on a nearby roof. ONE of these people on the roof threw a water bottle at the officers. This was exactly what they were waiting for, an excuse to become violent. This is when they opened up on the crowd with tear gas and rubber bullets. This crowd has been peaceful up to this point. The crowd on the ground did NOTHING. This violence in was in NO way an appropriate response to one person chucking a water bottle from a different location. They just needed an excuse.

•The looters were not all protestors. Was the looting ok? That’s debatable, most would say no, that it only makes the crowd look worse and detract from the message but take into account that these events tend to attract people who will take advantage of the situation. There are MANY videos of protestors protecting the stores from looters running in from surrounding neighborhoods to take advantage of the chaos. People love to use the statements ‘oh these people are just using a dead man to get free stuff’ or ‘see they just wanted an excuse to riot’ when that is not the true narrative.

•Target. This particular target the day before it was looted had refused to sell milk to protestors who were in pain from tear gas. Does that justify looting it and burning it to the ground? Maybe not BUT there are videos surfacing that show it was not protestors that first broke in and lit the fire. A man in black riot gear and a gas mask carrying a black umbrella was video taped carrying a large hammer and smashing windows of the target. When confronted by actual protesters he became defensive and violent and would not address them. This was allegedly the man who also started the fire. Many people believe he was an undercover police officer trying to shed a bad light on the protest. He also very well could have been from an anarchist/alt right group doing the same thing. There were people saying he was seen going into the precinct afterwards but I have not seen video evidence of this as of yet. However he was NOT there as a protestor, he was there to undermine the message and make it seem like the protest was more violent than it was.

•News reporters were caught and filmed playing gunshot noises through a speaker to make it seem like shots were being fired from the protesters side and escalate the violence. I unfortunately did not save the video and now can’t find it again as it is being removed from social media along with the video of the target man but a reporter and camera man were filmed doing this.

I had to argue with my own brother who was defending the actions of the police because he said if they didn’t want to get maxed they shouldn’t have started looting stores. The more you are educated about this the better you can present the truth to those who aren’t.

dang that hoseok dude beautiful as FUCK

yall idk how to function am i just supposed to continue life ???? knowing that mcr is back ???? just like that???? to ignore the melodrama i experience everytime an mcr songs comes up in my shuffle ??? which now will be amplified knowing that theyre 2gethor again ???? i simply cannot fathom

WHATYTTTYYYUH

Apple spider

Vinegar

Boots with the fur

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

How bout’ y'all learn how to drive?

Black Ice don’t care how well you learned to drive.

Is this shit for real?  Somebody comes up with an innovative way to try and keep people from dying in car accidents, and some chud just HAS to crawl out of the woodwork to complain about it?

this is what peaking on molly feels like

happy birthday namjoon!

Ok, be honest. How many of y’all accidentally read it boy in luv the first time.

I made this and showed it to a friend. She said I should post it, so here we are.

This is EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED

so i’m at work rn and i just saw an elderly asian woman with a pink hoodie that said “this pussy grabs back” plS IM DEAD

PSA

This is something I didn’t think had to be said, but apparently it does.

DO NOT BUY ANY BTS TICKETS RIGHT NOW

People are being scammed of $700+ buying fake tickets to the concerts - any tickets you see for sale ARE FAKE

The tickets have not dropped yet, so please don’t waste your money

Tickets go on sale March 1st 10am Local venue time

I get that BTS are gigantic stars and there a ton of crazy people out there, but Big hit must do a better job at protecting the members. Even just from a business point of view, these are your company’s main breadwinners, your most valuable assets and this is how their security is handled?

Please, it can be done much better. Hire the whole floor for them, put security on every end of it, have people guard the rooms when they boys are having fun. Do more for God’s sake. Do your job properly!

It’s unacceptable how anyone with money and connections can find the hotel/floor/rooms and even enter them. This could be dangerous and also, situations like that can truly make a person anxious, scared and can damage the boys’ mental health.

Don’t even @ me with excuses because these continuous breaches of security are unacceptable. It makes no sense that a bunch of entitled, spoiled bitches with money can outplay a multi-million dollar company.