Chandrayaan's countdown continues in heavy rain

There was raining heavily at India's spaceport Sriharikota Tuesday morning as scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) didnt stop their countdown for the launch of the country's first mission to the moon.
Though the ISRO scientists have said only a cyclone would put stop their scheduled launch, there were signs of anxiety about the weather, even as the countdown proceeded smoothly.
"The filling of liquid propellant in the fourth stage, charging gas bottles and pressurising them got over at 2 a.m. today (Tuesday). Next major activity is the filling up of the second stage with liquid propellant," M.Y.S. Prasad, associate director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre told IANS from Sriharikota, off the Andhra Pradesh coast and about 80 km from here.
The 40-tonne fuel-filling activity will start at 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon and is scheduled to be completed by 10 p.m.
Speaking about the weather, he said: "It is not what we want. Nevertheless the launch activities are progressing as scheduled."