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Re: India launches 20 satellites in single mission

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Post by rck404 »

zump wrote: post #63
DroidX86 wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apply at the ISRO website.[0] They have vacancies for all kinds of positions. [0] http://www.isro.gov.in/careers

Do you have to be born in India?

Yes unless you can provide something Indian citizens cannot provide like expertise in some of the systems ISRO doesn't have proficiency in. I don't say these in demeaning way. India is a 1.26 billion people country and pays less when you compare to salaries of NASA in USD. There's also the aspect of ISRO also being important research organization for defence. It's more like US DRDO and NASA both in a single entity. As a national security risk it's mostly Indian citizens with SMEs on contractual basis

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Post by FraaJad »

Zelmor wrote: post #48

That is an aged political view of the world. Nowadays, a third world country is where you can die of disease, infection, etc. by drinking water due to lack of sanitation. Where infrastructure is missing almost completely, and where the majority of people live below international poverty lines (no, US families with 3 bedroom houses and loans to pay are not below the international poverty line. People sleeping in their…

Your use of the colonial word "Ganges" to refer to the river Ganga betrays your coloured view of that part of the world.

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Post by iprateek »

mindondrugs wrote: post #60
josephmx wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure you can compare cricket with government spending, unless the government massively donates to sport and movies?

The Indian Goverment has a budget of Rs. 1541 Crores (£155,000,000~) for the Sports Department http://www.hindustantimes.com/union-budget/sports-ministry-g... And the space program has a budget of Rs. 7,927 crore (£799,871,700) according to wikipedia. So to address your point, yeah India spends quite a bit on Sports, but no way near as much as their Space Program.

And the Government would spend Rs 221,246 crore on roads and railways alone.

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/zdmiM68OZXnq2Kg5sMJESI/Budg...

Re: India launches 20 satellites in single mission

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Post by nice2some1nice »

someonenice wrote: post #19
WWKong wrote: post #2

Yes, they will build toilets too. Just getting that out of the way.

Maybe the money received for sending US and German satellites can be used to construct toilets.

And those satellites can be used to find places for the homeless in the US :)

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Post by pravula »

rck404 wrote: post #71
zump wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have to be born in India?

Yes unless you can provide something Indian citizens cannot provide like expertise in some of the systems ISRO doesn't have proficiency in. I don't say these in demeaning way. India is a 1.26 billion people country and pays less when you compare to salaries of NASA in USD. There's also the aspect of ISRO also being important research organization for defence. It's more like US DRDO and NASA both in a single entity. A…

Not true. ISRO is not NASA and "US DRDO" (this should be a clue. DRDO is separate) rolled into one. ISRO has been a civilian program to avoid MTCR issues (although it did not help with GSLV) with DRDO running IGMDP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Guided_Missile_Deve...)

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Post by rdsubhas »

geodel wrote: post #68
sidcool wrote: post #24

There will be naysayers when a second or third world country achieves a milestone. Inspite of similar feats done before by developed nations, this is huge for developing economies. Similar thing happened when the earlier Prime Minister of India announced that India will launch a Mars mission within a year at a fraction of cost at what NASA or ESA would do it. Most people laughed at it, and said it's impossible and wh…

And you are here to preempt naysayers legitimate concerns? It has nothing to do with third world achievements. It is more about Nehruvian style elites claiming glory in scientific achievements while day-to-day problems that vast underclass is facing goes unanswered because it is tough. So Indian achievements are in categories where they punish or reward a small group because that is easier than tackling major issues…

There is no such thing as do everything right or don't do anything at all. A nation cannot be an all-or-nothing game.

Yes India has problems, but doesn't mean that it has to stop progress in all other places until all these problems (poverty, polluting vehicles, etc) are solved. Because guess what, if one problem is solved, the next one comes up.

Progress has to happen on all fronts. Banning cigarettes is good and doesn't have to wait until vehicle pollution is banned. Each will take its own time.

Just because India's Mars mission and satellite launches are taking top spot in the news, doesn't mean that India has now started rewarding only the elite. Its a tiny tiny fraction of India's GDP. We lag behind in so many areas, but we are also progressing in Healthcare, IP laws, Right to food, etc. I don't think anyone even knows that India as a "Right to Information" act. Citizens can direct queries to government offices (offline or online) and beaurocrats get penalized if they respond late. So yes, progress doesn't need to stop.

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Post by dharmach »

Zelmor wrote: post #48

That is an aged political view of the world. Nowadays, a third world country is where you can die of disease, infection, etc. by drinking water due to lack of sanitation. Where infrastructure is missing almost completely, and where the majority of people live below international poverty lines (no, US families with 3 bedroom houses and loans to pay are not below the international poverty line. People sleeping in their…

At the other end of the spectrum, there is antibacterial soap poisoning the water http://www.seeker.com/are-anti-bacterial-soaps-poisoning-our...

and created many more issues http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32543176

Women do not want to public display sanitary pads as here, there is nothing about "superstitions about cleanness and evil spirits". If you want to see superstitions look at all apartments in developed US/Canada where floor no. 13 is missing, and number 666 is found offensive by government https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/05/05/etobicoke-mans-v...

And deads are not buried but cremated on river beds. Burying practice also cause pollution FYI http://www.utne.com/environment/arsenic-contamination-ze0z13... http://www.disabled-world.com/health/cemetery.php

BTW, you are right about open defecation in urban area. That needs to be changed.

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Post by neeleshs »

ucaetano wrote: post #25
ForFreedom wrote: post #12

Has any country achieved this feat? [update] Has any country achieved this feat at this cost?

You mean cost/kg to LEO? My short search showed costs far higher than SpaceX.

NDTV, an indian news channel, just reported that the launch cost was 50% less than spacex. No specifics were provided though.
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