Magalayaan

The world is undoubtedly witnessing a twenty-first century Asian space race and the Indian elephant and the Chinese dragon are both competing furiously. India seems to have been beaten by China in every others aspect, but New Delhi may just beat Beijing in the race to Mars.

In this season of soccer, the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO played a bit of football of its own -- albeit of the celestial variety -- with its Mars mission Mangalayaan.

The world is undoubtedly witnessing a twenty-first century Asian space race and the Indian elephant and the Chinese dragon are both competing furiously. India seems to have been beaten by China in every others aspect, but New Delhi may just beat Beijing in the race to Mars.

In this season of soccer, the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO played a bit of football of its own -- albeit of the celestial variety -- with its Mars mission Mangalayaan.