as far as i can tell, neither have the the commies in china. :)
heh, good one.
the whole point with indian space programs are that they will be cheaper.
no, the point is independence for vital reqs and domestic technology development.
being cheaper is a byproduct of doing it ourselves and not having to buy these services
at a markup.
if need be, increase the isro budget.
we are only recently in a fiscal position to do that. I recall a debate in 1983 when I
was in class-3 (!) held in don bosco school , guwahati named "Apples or Apple".
this was after india had launched the Apple satellite. there was a raging public
debate whether a poor country should be playing these games; only few students
stood up and argued for it; a number of precocious Maoist/socialist
kids went up and savagely attacked the space pgm on many fronts. they gave math
saying 1 Apple sat = xyz number of schools, hospitals. iirc they won that day.
so what makes you think the govt has the political space to be pumping say $5 bil
annually into projects. a huge horde of people will flay their hides over it. you can
forget about that moon mission asap. usa, eu, japan is rich, china is authoritarian.
india is neither. and Govt is running a deficit of 10% of GDP.
neocons are not trying to con you into sinking a lot of money into a mirage on the moon?
thats the hazard of gold prospecting. success isnt a certainty.
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