indushek
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Am glad to see that, you are at least half way honest even when trollingISRO uses Vikas engines on its entire line up. They are based on licensed copy of Viking engines from 70s from france. Almost entire technology is copied - nothing in new. huge vanity project.
So NASA budget is 30 times more than ISRO budget. And china has $12 billion. But if you look satellies and launches of china it is far more than what ISRO delivers.
France transferred this tech to India, in return for certain man hour work from ISRO. Its a fair trade, and India or ISRO never said that its a engine developed from scratch either. The data is out in the public
What you forget to mention though, is that India improved on this engine. The Viking engine's max thrust is 805 KN, but Vikas engine produces 850 KN. In addition the French components that were used initially, were then localized as well. You also seem to think that, any tech can just be purchased and then you start producing it in house from day one. Nah you need to test and imbibe the tech, then make it rugged without failures.
As for the vanity project comment
If you are really interested in the benefits of space exploration, you can just search google for it. A simple search on indirect benefits to any country, who gets into space exploration can educate you. So many technological developments, that we use in daily life came out of space race between US and Russia. Further India spends very very less on ISRO, but then is also trying to make its way into commercial side of it. These days a private eco system is being built as well, which will throw up in future Private space companies.
Not everything happens over night, and endeavors like this cost. The benefits come later, but then we also have immediate benefits too like remote data sensing. India doesn't have to rely on other countries, which helps in agriculture and weather forecast that helps save lives. I am explaining all this, in good faith that you aren't here to troll.