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For space, frugality is a harmful aspiration

Posted on February 21, 2018 by

Ref: ‘ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 mission to cost lesser than Hollywood movie Interstellar – here’s how they make it cost-effective’, staff, Moneycontrol, February 20, 2018. ∞ ‘Chandrayaan-2 mission cheaper than Hollywood film Interstellar’, Surendra Singh, Times of India, February 20, 2018. ∞ The following … Continue reading →

Posted in Op-eds | Tagged Chandrayaan, ESA, frugal engineering, frugal innovation, gravity, hollywood, Indian Space Research Organisation, Interstellar, ISRO, K Sivan, labour costs, Mars Orbiter Mission, Moneycontrol, NASA, NASA MAVEN, public sector undertaking, quality control, Times of India | Comments Off

Gods of nothing

Posted on September 2, 2017 by

The chances that I’ll ever understand Hollywood filmmakers’ appetite for films based on ancient mythology is low, and even lower that I’ll find a way to explain the shittiness of what their admiration begets. I just watched Gods of Egypt, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Gods, Americanisms, Battlefield Earth, CGI, Clash of the Titans, Egyptian mythology, Geoffrey Rush, Gods of Egypt, hollywood, idiot ball | Comments Off