>i am afraid a similar thing will happen to the lunar expedition, if >it does not have a technological vision and the motivation to follow >through, beyond the political bang.
*** This is how it almost always ends in Indian 'plans'. It rarely translates into anything more than appearances, the make believes. At 12:26 PM -0400 10/17/03, Saurav Pathak wrote: >deepjyoti kakati said on AssamNet: > >+ >+ >the 21 hours yang spent in space has done >+ >wonders to the chinese reputation. >+ >+ I am sure it has. the commie party looks for any excuse like success in >+ sports, >+ space, economy to justify their one party regime. > > >no need to be so derisive, since non-commie kinds like these things >too. the national need for the indian cricket team to win is >phenomenal. india went gaga over the asiad games back in the 80's. >these things are common. > > >+ >and that is why india has been talking about a lunar voyage. what >+ >is the real benefit of such an exercise? >+ >+ I believe to develop some deep space comm network and a more autonomous >+ type of satellite. > > >it just isn't obvious to me. what deep space communication network >and autonomous satellites do you mean? the indian army chief talked >about space based weapons recently. is this what you are referring >to? > > >+ the mission itself looks more like a vehicle to push the >+ development >+ of these. plus it will do wonders for the reputation of india :) > > >there you go. as some of the mails on this forum has shown, there >are some who are really smarting from this chinese manned launch. > > >+ >+ >if going to the moon is >+ >really benefitial, usa would have made the shuttle capable of going >+ >there. it didn't and it discontinued the lunar expeditions. >+ >+ if not the moon where can india go first ? mars and venus are more >expensive >+ missions. > > >it depends on what you want to do there. what technology would you >like to test. to what end. the jupiter probes were not >very expensive, for instance. > >the chinese have already stated what their next goals are -- space >walking and docking. they are clearly looking to set up a space >station at some point. to what end, we can only guess. but their >plans look well thought out and consistent. > >what is the corresponding vision of indian space programs? >for example, it sent up rakesh sharma into space only as a token. >it did not follow up on that experience. india should have taken a >more active interest in the russian manned flights, at least, and >contributed to their programs as a kind of partner maybe. but india >soon forgot about it. > >i am afraid a similar thing will happen to the lunar expedition, if >it does not have a technological vision and the motivation to follow >through, beyond the political bang. > >-- >saurav > >_______________________________________________ >Assam mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > >To unsubscribe or change options: >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
