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Why not use the millions to build some world class universities ?
Well I guess we already have some here in India.
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Why not use the millions to build some world class universities ?
Well I guess we already have some here in India.
Why not use the millions to build some world class universities ?
UK, Japan, S Korea, France, Germany all co-operate in Space without having individual space progarmmes ?
I can add 50 more countries who much more advanced then India and China who also donot feel the need to go for a moon mission to motivate their citizens. Also I have no qualms in accepting that asian brain is today probably more hungry for knowledge then the EU brain so there is no need to spend millions on something already done.
Regards
Yeah, dude, we live in the real world. Not in some fairyland where everyone shares everything and lives happily ever after.
India, China and the third world are countries with massive third world problems, and therfore need massive investment in science and technology in order to catch up with the first world.
Do you have any idea of the effect a successful moon mission will have on the people of the country?
It will be a source of inspiration and pride for everybody in the Indian middle class.
It will encourage students to take up science. It go a long way in removing the cobwebs of underachievement from the minds of people.
The Chinese, Russians are no fools to spend millions on manned space missions.
Besides, any world power in the 21st century needs to have a viable space program. Space might well be the next frontier.
I don't know. Ask the Chinese government.
BTW, ISRO and NASA are collaborating in this project. NASA is supplying a wide range of scientific instruments, and the data is being shared.
By your logic, why should India reinvent anything? Why make LCA when we can buy planes from the Russians or Americans? Why build tanks when we can buy? Why spend millions on research in universities when we can "cooperate" with the americans and get all the latest tech?
India is already spending millions on building universities. Read up on the recent news.
Rest assured, India's investment in education etc. isn't being compromised because of this.
The EU is a different scenario. India is not a part of the EU and hence cannot obtain all the technology.
Your reasons for not having a space program are hardly compelling.
A decent space program is not an option for an influential country. Its a necessity, as I have explained in my earlier post.
You have not bothered to reply to the rest of my post, as I can see.
India is already spending millions on building universities. Read up on the recent news.
Rest assured, India's investment in education etc. isn't being compromised because of this.
So essentially the argument in favor of the moon mission is "power status".
Everything you have mentioned is intangible, and unproven - "a source of pride in the middle class", "inspiration to take up science" etc.
He has a valid point in that the billions spent on the lunar program do nothing in terms of India's security needs and of nothing in terms of providing access to tens of millions of people lacking in basic services.
Dear IPF,
Yes you may do but not enough for the population you have ?
Is that the reason why most people went on a mass strike recently in Jaiput so that they could get reservations in colleges and govt. jobs. More than 30 people died and India lost more than USD 150 million during the agitation.
If education was freely available why would those people fight for reservations ?
Regards
Dear SA,
As regards why Russia invested in a space program, the answer is simple for military purpose but once it realised there is nothing much to gain in the race to moon it was the first country to tie up with USA and the EU on the ISS. Even Japan who is miles of head of most of the world preferred building a module of the ISS instead of jumping into a space race.
They went to the Moon so 30 years later you announce you will go there.
They went to the Mars so now you announce you will go there.
Why not innovate and go to Mercury or Jupiter and do something new.
What does the failure of the education program have to do with the phenomenal success of the space program?
Don't try to relate things that have nothing to do with each other.
Dear SA,
Explanation is very simple. I would vote out my Govt. if they diluted the educational, health, human rights standards in my country. I would definately not bother if they went to the moon or not.
Regards
Quote from Wikipedia:
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What does your vote have to do with the space program?
The government had, btw, nothing to do with the success of ISRO. Its the scientists who have toiled on 3rd world wages to make it a success.
Now that they have achieved success, you want to say:
"wait! Indians are still poor, so it would be a shame to let you continue your work. Please wait until we are a first world nation and then we can continue the space program".
Does that make sense to you? If it does, then I am afraid that we must agree to disagree.
Thank you for the above information but it still doesnot explain the following
1. Why are Indians travelling out of the country for higher level education ?
2. Why are Asians the biggest group of illegal immigrants to the USA and EU ?
3. Even if the space launch is successfull how will it help Indians ? Okay they will be motivated to study but you donot have enough institutions for that ?
4. Why is a tribe in jaipur ready to kill themselves in riots to be downgraded to get reservations in educational institutions ?
Regards
Ps : I have travelled to India several times and think its a great country.