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Should I be credulous about this? I've seen Indian newspapers report some pretty odd things.
Also we already have a mission to moon(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-1). There is no reason why this won't be successful.
Should I be credulous about this? I've seen Indian newspapers report some pretty odd things.
what about educating children in the vast slums of Mumbai... what about water supply to the villages afflicted with famine..
The project cost is around 454 crore or what you could save by preventing a minor scam in our country.
The way I see, this is chicken feed for a project of this importance.
what about educating children in the vast slums of Mumbai... what about water supply to the villages afflicted with famine..
Is there any point in countries doing that alone, rather than global cooperation?
Is there any point in countries doing that alone, rather than global cooperation?
Claiming property of whatever they find up there?
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For those wondering what benefit this can possibly serve.
There is no cold war like situation here in India. Also US and Russia have already been there. There is also a huge problem of poverty, corruption and every other social evil known to man exists in India. So why go to mars?
For a country of India's size, you will never ever go to space if you wait till all other problems are solved. Because given the very size and population of India, problems are a given. Of course a mission of this importance will serve your usual technology and science benefits. Like ISRO's previous mission to moon, there will be important findings and discoveries. But besides this, its a matter of huge national pride.
Contrary to whatever you may think a lot of development and great work happens in India. So its not like we only have call centers, or IT services companies here. We have everything from Nuclear weapons development to Mars missions in India. And like every other country we would like to send out a message that we can do it too.
Sounds naive and childish?
No, if you think from an Indian's perspective. I find this project a worthy endeavor in many ways because it serves more than one purpose. Growth of technology and science, inspiring the youth to work further in this area, ensure India earns well deserved respect in the global space research community and also pave the for further space exploration.
Coming to budget, 454 crore spent for a project of this importance is chicken feed if you ask me. Besides if you can prevent one minor scam in our country you can run a project like this.
Overall I feel this is an amazing project, and I feel proud that my country is executing it.
what about educating children in the vast slums of Mumbai... what about water supply to the villages afflicted with famine..
For all those curious in this thread. And For those wondering what benefit this can possibly serve. There is no cold war like situation here in India. Also US and Russia have already been there. There is also a huge problem of poverty, corruption and every other social evil known to man exists in India. So why go to mars? For a country of India's size, you will never ever go to space if you wait till all other proble…
"An engineer is someone who can do for $1 what any damn fool can do for $2".
India has a ton of great scientists and engineers, and I agree this is a mission the nation should be proud of.
what about educating children in the vast slums of Mumbai... what about water supply to the villages afflicted with famine..
Yeah. The US sorted out all THEIR problems, like poverty and civil rights before they started building all those spaceshi...uhmm, wait...