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

[indiatester]

The responses of most Indian posters in this thread confirm the point I have made: India needs to prioritize investments in its social sector to improve its human resources rather than waste money on space program.

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

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

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

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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.

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Why are you repeating the post of
Do India's Space Program and Mars Mission Make Sense? | Page 11

Dementia?

 

[nvKyleBrown]

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Mexico! get it in gear, you're pulling down the continent's average!

I think Mexico has the biggest standard deviation from it's region. Of course, if you consider it in Latin America, it might be a leader, so there's that. It fits right in with South America, I guess.

 

[FaujHistorian]

Mars mission will not solve any of India's basic problems. If anything, India's space program distracts attention and diverts resources from India's real problems of lack of social sector development in education, health care, nutrition and infrastructure....

leftists and so many others in USA say the same thing about American space program.

Please get out of this "main na maanoo" attitude.

Space travel is just a way to dream, and if Indians spent tiny fraction of their budget on sending a mission to mars, then rejoice.

Even if you had forced them to spend mars mission money on roads, it won't change much on the ground.

Learn to dream, Sir
Learn to dream big.

 

[RiazHaq]

leftists and so many others in USA say the same thing about American space program.

Please get out of this "main na maanoo" attitude.

Space travel is just a way to dream, and if Indians spent tiny fraction of their budget on sending a mission to mars, then rejoice.

Even if you had forced them to spend mars mission money on roads, it won't change much on the ground.

Learn to dream, Sir
Learn to dream big.

Learn to dream?

How about dreaming for a well-fed, well-educated and healthy nation which can reach for the stars...far beyond our own solar system?

How about dreaming for an industrialized and prosperous nation where 7000 Indians do not have to die everyday from hunger? A nation where 200 million Indians don't have to go to bed hungry each night? A nation where kids do not rank at the bottom on international tests? A nation where a farmer doesn't have to commit suicide every 30 minutes?

Can tis dream be achieved by prioritizing basic human needs over wasteful PR projects by copying what other more developed nations did years ago?


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[FaujHistorian]

Learn to dream?

How about dreaming for a well-fed, well-educated and healthy nation .....

Valid point. But luckily there is no Somalia, yemen, Congo like famine in India. So malnourishment? yes. But then if you are concerned about malnourishment in India, then you go ahead and do something about it. That's your focus.

And let the astronomers and scientists focus on the heavens.

Everyone in the nation doesn't have to do exact same job. Hope you understand.

Learn to dream?


How about dreaming for an industrialized and prosperous nation

space program and industrialization are not mutually exclusive.

 

[INDIC]

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

you should request Pakistan government to dissolve SUPARCO.

 

[RiazHaq]

Valid point. But luckily there is no Somalia, yemen, Congo like famine in India. So malnourishment? ...

space program and industrialization are not mutually exclusive.

Look where India ranks on world hunger index:

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

AS to your wisdom about "space program and industrialization are not mutually exclusive", look at India's industrial capability in relation to next-door China's:

India-China annual trade volume now adds up to about $70 billion, and India is running a massive $40 billion trade deficit with China. China exports high-value, high-tech machines to India while India exports low-value commodities to China.

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[Brickwall]

Look where India ranks on world hunger index:

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

AS to your wisdom about "space program and industrialization are not mutually exclusive", look at India's industrial capability in relation to next-door China's:

India-China annual trade volume now adds up to about $70 billion, and India is running a massive $40 billion trade deficit with China. China exports high-value, high-tech machines to India while India exports low-value commodities to China.

Haq's Musings: Does China Seek to Dominate India, Africa and Latin America?

Also look where pakistan is in the list without having robust space program.

 

[FaujHistorian]

Look where India ranks on world hunger index:

So India should shut down airlines, railways, everything and spend all that money on biryani distributed at data durbar and temples?

What kind of logic is that Riaz bhai.

 

[ni8mare]

Look where India ranks on world hunger index:

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

http://www.riazhaq.com/2012/12/starving-north-koreas-space-pursuit.html

and where is high iq ...illiterate free.... pakistan without having sh!ty supar(i).co

http://www.riazhaq.com/2012/12/starving-north-koreas-space-pursuit.html

AS to your wisdom about "space program and industrialization are not mutually exclusive", look at India's industrial capability in relation to next-door China's:

india is going that way only....roubust space program, infrastructure giant like L&T, car maker like TATA M$M is example of that.......where is pakistan cannot make a 2 stroke moped engine

India-China annual trade volume now adds up to about $70 billion, and India is running a massive $40 billion trade deficit with China. China exports high-value, high-tech machines to India while India exports low-value commodities to China.

Haq's Musings: Does China Seek to Dominate India, Africa and Latin America?

as is said we are going that way only ....modi is here to do that only....

 

[FaujHistorian]

http://www.riazhaq.com/2012/12/starving-north-koreas-space-pursuit.html

and where is high iq ...illiterate free.... pakistan without having sh!ty supar(i).co

http://www.riazhaq.com/2012/12/starving-north-koreas-space-pursuit.html
india is going that way only....roubust space program, infrastructure giant like L&T, car maker like TATA M$M is example of that.......where is pakistan cannot make a 2 stroke moped engine



as is said we are going that way only ....modi is here to do that only....

jaaanay do bhai

Why to add Indo-Pak $hit shoveling by dragging Pakistan into this.

Leave this to "professional" $hit shovlers whose is the family business. hahahah

 

[kaku1]

Learn to dream?

How about dreaming for a well-fed, well-educated and healthy nation which can reach for the stars...far beyond our own solar system?

How about dreaming for an industrialized and prosperous nation where 7000 Indians do not have to die everyday from hunger? A nation where 200 million Indians don't have to go to bed hungry each night? A nation where kids do not rank at the bottom on international tests? A nation where a farmer doesn't have to commit suicide every 30 minutes?

Can tis dream be achieved by prioritizing basic human needs over wasteful PR projects by copying what other more developed nations did years ago?


Haq's Musings: India's Innovation Envy

@RiazHaq : What is your answers to children of Indian and Pakistan who dream about space, and want to see there own flag on spacecraft.

 

[ni8mare]

jaaanay do bhai

Why to add Indo-Pak $hit shoveling by dragging Pakistan into this.

Leave this to "professional" $hit shovlers whose is the family business. hahahah

are bhai he was doing this from 24th ..had reason with him ..still he dragging it for no reason .so need to drag pakistan

 

[FaujHistorian]

are bhai he was doing this from 24th ..had reason with him ..still he dragging it for no reason .so need to drag pakistan

Avoid the urge.

Bhai Avoid the urge to shovel the smelly stuff.

There are experts there are people with family business of $hit shoveling. Let them do it. thank you

 

[ito]

Avoid the urge.

Bhai Avoid the urge to shovel the smelly stuff.

There are experts there are people with family business of $hit shoveling. Let them do it. thank you

i would also encourage pakistan to invest in space. this investment will ignite young minds. a pakistan, and india competing in space is much better than on kashmir.