Finally Santa Singh, a Sardar offered to help. The NASA scientists were desperate by that time and agreed to do anything.
‘Tilt the rocket 45 degrees to the right,’ said Santa in a serious voice. The engineers were puzzled but did it anyway.
‘Bring it back to vertical position, Santa added. The engineers did.
‘Now start the engines,’ instructed Santa Singh. The rocket took off and flew into space. Everybody thanked and congratulated Santa Singh and asked him how he knew what to do.
He replied, ‘It is very simple. This is what we always do with our Bajaj scooters in India.’