Do India's Space Program and Mars Mission Make Sense?

[Razia Sultana]

Its shocking to know that people are questioning the utility of India's Space Program. India's per capita income is $1500/- or Rs.90,000/- while cost of MOM is $75 million or Rs.450 crores. Divide this amount by India's population of 125 crore and per head cost of project comes to 3 rupees 60 paise. What is the return on investment of rs.3.60/-?
1. National Pride;
2. Motivation for younger generation;
3. A positive Feeling across the nation;
4. Increase in prestige worldwide;
5. Increase in Self Esteem;
6. World's recognition of Indian technological prowess;
7. Great opportunity with cost advantage in Global Space Business worth billions of dollars.

If today ISRO makes an appeal to Indian citizens to donate for the second Mars Mission, trust me ISRO will be able to generate $7.5 Billion as against the cost of $75 million or Rs. 45000 crores as against Rs.450 crore.
I thought people who pledged to eat grass to make nukes would be able to appreciate this.

 

[foxbat]

It's absolutely true for India which has social indicators of sub-Saharan Africa and spends billions on space like far richer and far more developed nations.

And yet its Pakistan which has dropped from Medium HDI to Low HDI in the recent years. While every country is moving forward on Human development Index, Pakistan is dropping backwards. And some Pakistanis are more busy cribbing about Indian sending a mission to Mars

 

[kaku1]

@RiazHaq : Can I ask a question?

Currently there is a energy crisis in Pak? What you doing for that?-- nothing, and complaining about Mars Mission.

Maybe after 15 years or max 2 decades, the new energy source will be Helium-3, and mining on moon, and start extracting the minerals from Aestroid belts. The first colony on moon maybe require more 1 decades, and Mars max 3 decades.

This open a new era in Human research, but what the Pak doing at that time, still crying, and ignoring the fact that this is new source of energy.

Bro, really, atleast India is trying to secure its future through Space research, something is better than nothing, but what the Pak doing, building IP pipeline, even in that Iran pullout its investment.

 

[sms]

Its shocking to know that people are questioning the utility of India's Space Program. India's per capita income is $1500/- or Rs.90,000/- while cost of MOM is $75 million or Rs.450 crores. Divide this amount by India's population of 125 crore and per head cost of project comes to 3 rupees 60 paise. What is the return on investment of rs.3.60/-?
1. National Pride;
2. Motivation for younger generation;
3. A positive Feeling across the nation;
4. Increase in prestige worldwide;
5. Increase in Self Esteem;
6. World's recognition of Indian technological prowess;
7. Great opportunity with cost advantage in Global Space Business worth billions of dollars.

If today ISRO makes an appeal to Indian citizens to donate for the second Mars Mission, trust me ISRO will be able to generate $7.5 Billion as against the cost of $75 million or Rs. 45000 crores as against Rs.450 crore.
I thought people who pledged to eat grass to make nukes would be able to appreciate this.

Please add following to your list ...

Creating eco-system for hi-tech products, generating employment and elevating more families from poverty and providing them better chance to higher education with better life.

 

[Narashima]

The amount of time he has wasted on bashing indian mars mission had he given even a puny of it for pakistan he would have understood the importance of our mars mission.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Its shocking to know that people are questioning the utility of India's Space Program. India's per capita income is $1500/- or Rs.90,000/- while cost of MOM is $75 million or Rs.450 crores. Divide this amount by India's population of 125 crore and per head cost of project comes to 3 rupees 60 paise. What is the return on investment of rs.3.60/-?
1. National Pride;
2. Motivation for younger generation;
3. A positive Feeling across the nation;
4. Increase in prestige worldwide;
5. Increase in Self Esteem;
6. World's recognition of Indian technological prowess;
7. Great opportunity with cost advantage in Global Space Business worth billions of dollars.

If today ISRO makes an appeal to Indian citizens to donate for the second Mars Mission, trust me ISRO will be able to generate $7.5 Billion as against the cost of $75 million or Rs. 45000 crores as against Rs.450 crore.
I thought people who pledged to eat grass to make nukes would be able to appreciate this.

Also add, experience in Deep space communications and successful implementation of Predictive analytics or simulation using super computers

 

[Bobby]

It is our money...let us waste on rockets......
What's your problem...a$$ burning people.....
Worry about your own problem.....you keep making nuclear bombs and eat grass....I don't care....

 

[Bobby]

@Developereo

Competent countries are those which do the basic hard work and invest in better quality of education. Such countries show up near the top of various rankings such as PISA-TIMSS tests, world's top universities and human development index. Unlike other countries such as US, Europeans nations, Japan and China pursuing space exploration, India is conspicuously absent from the top rankings.

For example, Indian students rank near the bottom on PISA, a global test of learning standards conducted in 74 nations this year. TIMSS, another standardized international test, produced similar results earlier in 2003.

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Haq's Musings: PISA & TIMSS Confirm Low Quality of Indian Education

Where is Pakistan....

 

[RKO]

Plz use ur emergency biscuit.... to cool off this kid!!!!

 

[Bobby]

BTW..what happen to water fuelled car ...invented by some great Pakistani scientist.

 

[RiazHaq]

Given low levels of India's development at this stage, its priorities should be as follows:

1. Feed its people. India is currently ranked along with sub-Saharan African nations on world hunger charts.

Haq's Musings: "Starving" North Korea's Space Pursuit Different From Hungry India's?

2. Build toilets to save its people from early death. India leads the world in open defecation and premature deaths.

Haq's Musings: World Health Day in Pakistan: Premature Death Rate Declines Amidst Rising Violence

3. Improve the quality of education. India's kids rank near bottom on international tests.

Haq's Musings: PISA & TIMSS Confirm Low Quality of Indian Education

4. Improve the lives of 60% of Indians who engage in farming. Indian farmers are committing suicides at a rate of one every 30 minutes.

Haq's Musings: India's Agrarian Crisis: A Farmer Commits Suicide Every 30 Minutes

 

[FaujHistorian]

India is home to the world's largest population of poor, hungry, illiterate and sick people who lack basic sanitation facilities. India's share of the world's poorest has jumped from 22% in 1980 to 33% now.
Does it make sense for India to waste its resources on a space program?

Please look at the following:

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Haq's Musings: India's Share of World's Poorest Jumped From 22% to 33% in 30 Years!

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Haq's Musings: 63 Years After Independence, India Remains Home to World's Largest Population of Poor, Hungry and Illiterates

Riaz Bhai

you lost my respect on this thread.

So childish in nature.

Sometimes you have to think beyond this poverty $hit in order to get rid of it.

you think British would have been richer had they remained confined to British isles while totally focused on poor people?

Heck no!

you become rich by exploring this universe.

Please learn some lesson from history.

 

[Narashima]

Given low levels of India's development at this stage, its priorities should be as follows:

1. Feed its people. India is currently ranked along with sub-Saharan African nations on world hunger charts.

Haq's Musings: "Starving" North Korea's Space Pursuit Different From Hungry India's?

2. Build toilets to save its people from early death. India leads the world in open defecation and premature deaths.

Haq's Musings: World Health Day in Pakistan: Premature Death Rate Declines Amidst Rising Violence

3. Improve the quality of education. India's kids rank near bottom on international tests.

Haq's Musings: PISA & TIMSS Confirm Low Quality of Indian Education

4. Improve the lives of 60% of Indians who engage in farming. Indian farmers are committing suicides at a rate of one every 30 minutes.

Haq's Musings: India's Agrarian Crisis: A Farmer Commits Suicide Every 30 Minutes

thanks for your concern all of these are also on our list.

 

[FaujHistorian]

thanks for your concern all of these are also on our list.

Ignore him please.

He knows not, what man must do.
He knows, only what man must whine about.

 

[RKO]

BTW..what happen to water fuelled car ...invented by some great Pakistani scientist.

Project Canceled Due to Water crisis. ..n they are Blaming india!!!