Context my friend, context. Read the whole part, not just the one sentence.
I'm not saying, "
Screw India!
India sucks!!"
I'm saying that Pakistan doesn't need to base its course off of India's and should do "
its thing" irrespective of what India does. Not everything in the India-Pakistan dynamic has to be a versus thing.
We know Pakistan can't compete with India's space program. It doesn't have the money, facilities, expertise or experience. But that doesn't matter because it shouldn't be competing against India anyway. When India does something, Pakistan should clap and congratulate and let it motive them, but they should stick to their own path and their own programs regardless of what India does.
Launch their own microsats and sounding rockets, not trying to hit Mars just because India does. Build up their program through a slow and steady approach, being ambitious but also realistic, and not falling into the trap of, "B
ecause they do it, we must too"
That's what I mean by "
F*ck them." Do your own thing, don't worry about them.
Pakistan has to start small:
If it wants to realize big dreams:
India did the same with its space program.
Started small, and without competing against the big boys:
And now because of that it's realizing big dreams: