Paul Krugman on How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? in today's NY Times.
India's Moon Mission is over, somewhat prematurely--on 28 August, after nearly 10 months in moon orbit, Chandrayan-I stopped talking and ISRO had to declare the mission over. Nevertheless, this is an immense achievement for ISRO and no one can suggest otherwise.
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