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Some news outlets have been calling it a "space shuttle", which is highly inaccurate considering that this has no plans of being for human use. I'm happy with the progress ISRO has made but lying/deception will not help anybody.
It could be just ignorance. I would bet that the journalist thought that space shuttle is a fancy word for rocket.
It's launched already, deemed successful. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/india-successfully-...
Such a poorly worded article, replete with grammatical errors. No close-up pictures of the "shuttle." Strange. (And I'm not talking about a generic long range picture of a rocket taking off either.) The episode has the smell of government propaganda.
My suggestion to India: focus on encouraging the would-be Elon Musks in your population. Give them permission to do it. Remove the barriers to them doing it. You'll get there much faster if the private sector were doing it.
Yes, India needs more private sector participation. It has been divesting like crazy but more the better. There's lots of groundwork, infra and social norms need to be challenged and changed for US like entrepreneurship scenario. India has it's own strength and weaknesses. In last few years, it has done a good job of recognising those weaknesses and enhancing strengths.
It's launched already, deemed successful. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/india-successfully-...
'Everything went according to the projectory, he said adding that the winged space plane will not be recovered from the sea.' - Is that okay? Do a lot of missions around the world consider sea a dumping ground?
Official Link : http://www.isro.gov.in/technology-development-programmes/reu... (Posted here before : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11751458 )
It's launched already, deemed successful. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/india-successfully-...
Such a poorly worded article, replete with grammatical errors. No close-up pictures of the "shuttle." Strange. (And I'm not talking about a generic long range picture of a rocket taking off either.) The episode has the smell of government propaganda.
After all India ain't North Korea.
Some news outlets have been calling it a "space shuttle", which is highly inaccurate considering that this has no plans of being for human use. I'm happy with the progress ISRO has made but lying/deception will not help anybody.
Off topic - It's a little sad when people's first reaction to a mistake or inaccuracy is to immediately claim it as a deliberate attempt to mislead or other malicious act, and I see this a lot. Generally in Internet arguments the response to someone making an incorrect statement seems to be to call them a liar, as though they are deliberately misstating things, rather than simply being wrong...
It's launched already, deemed successful. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/india-successfully-...