Its first LUNAR PROBE would be a clearer headline. India is far from a manned mission.
India successfully launches first mission to the Moon
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#22I think this is a great step for India. It is great to watch India develop. Maybe this will create greater competition, and enhance every nations space efforts.
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#23India becomes the 4th country after USSR, USA and Japan. It is a great moment for the developing nation.
India has nuclear power (and weapons) and aircraft carriers. To all intents and purposes, it's a developed nation. Underestimating India on the assumption that it is "developing" or "poor" is a mistake that will bite competitor nations on the arse if they're not careful.
The point here is not whether India is developed or not. Nobody in India realistically expects India to become a "developed nation" for another 30 years. The point here is progress... Going to the moon wasn't even thought of 10 years ago...
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#24still almost 100% techies in India never prefer or think about joining ISRO/DRDO which are world-class research organizations.
I wonder the same. I myself would so much love to be at ISRO/DRDO. They have tons of other facilities to match the high pay at software companies.
I wish they had better ways of recruiting people with merit and passion. They are full of either Brahmins or SC/ST and people who are recruited through references.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
While India is booming in many ways, it still cannot be called developed. There is still a huge divide between the rich and poor and poverty is still a major roadblock.
But doesn't every developed country depend on a large pool of cheap labour (i.e. poor people, working for low wages)? You could look at is as Europe and the US just outsourcing their cheap labour, whereas India keeps it in-house?
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#26Kudos to India... I said this before when China shot a man around the Earth, and I'm going to say it again; I hope they spur another healthy space race.
The next space race will be spurred on by applications that are not purely symbolic or scientific in nature. We are seeing this today with the rise of the private commercial space industry, and I fear that the military will be close behind.
Close behind?!?!
Read a bit more space program history and you'll find the military is actually far ahead as far as applications (and budget!) are concerned.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
While India is booming in many ways, it still cannot be called developed. There is still a huge divide between the rich and poor and poverty is still a major roadblock.
But doesn't every developed country depend on a large pool of cheap labour (i.e. poor people, working for low wages)? You could look at is as Europe and the US just outsourcing their cheap labour, whereas India keeps it in-house?
Certainly not.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
But doesn't every developed country depend on a large pool of cheap labour (i.e. poor people, working for low wages)? You could look at is as Europe and the US just outsourcing their cheap labour, whereas India keeps it in-house?
Certainly not.
Could you elaborate, please?
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You will have to see it to believe it. Nuclear power or Space research are just one off achievements but the general GDP per capita speaks volumes. Once our director visited India, where I live, considering expansion of the insurance business. He went back shocked that India needs at least 20 more years to be even considered for a systematic underwriting. Such is the state of development, government and people. Its u…
It's actually the education system that is largely responsible for the "extremely corrupted political system", among other issues.
Could you elaborate on this? How does the education system largely account for corruption? Is it not cultural? I remember a when discussion of corruption in China, education was not the largest factor. It was a more historical, societal attitude.
Does the schooling method promote corrupt behavior?
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
India has nuclear power (and weapons) and aircraft carriers. To all intents and purposes, it's a developed nation. Underestimating India on the assumption that it is "developing" or "poor" is a mistake that will bite competitor nations on the arse if they're not careful.
While India is booming in many ways, it still cannot be called developed. There is still a huge divide between the rich and poor and poverty is still a major roadblock.
True. There's a long way to go before India can be called developed. However, the good thing about the moon mission is that it is a testament to the quality of the engineering talent at ISRO. Given that ISRO is significantly behind other options as a career for Indian engineers, the fact these engineers themselves are so competent is good news for the engineering ecosystem in India.