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Moonbase Madness

India’s Chandrayaan-3 Mission Sets the Stage for a Comic Extravaganza…

Anthony Phills
2 min readSep 24, 2023
Space:1999 Season 1 on Rotten Tomatoes | Chandrayaan 3 by ISRO

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In a bizarre twist of fate, India’s recent moon landing mission turned out to be a scene straight out of a satirical sitcom. The striking similarities between the mission and the classic TV show Space: 1999 left the world scratching and wondering if reality had taken a comedic turn.

Like Moonbase Alpha in Space: 1999, India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission boasted a diverse group of nations that landed on the Moon. A collaboration between India, the United States, and Russia seems like a sitcom waiting to happen. Picture this: an Indian astronaut, an American astronaut, and a Russian astronaut walk into a lunar bar. It sounds like the beginning of a cosmic joke.

But the comedy didn’t stop there. The advanced technology used in both the TV show and India’s mission added another layer of absurdity. Space: 1999 showcased futuristic concepts like lunar rovers and self-sustaining bases, which were now becoming a reality in India’s lunar exploration. It was as if they…

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Anthony Phills
Anthony Phills

Written by Anthony Phills

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