From Brazil news Though India’s Mars mission has cost a fraction of its foreign equivalents, critics have said a developing economy like India’s can not afford to launch space missions while its struggles to feed its poor. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said that space missions like these have aided in India’s economic success through satellites which monitor weather and water resources, or enable communication in remote parts of the country. “We want to tell this country that Mars has a relevance…Science leads to understanding…” urged K Radhakrishnan, ISRO Chairman. Social media was abuzz with reactions from across India discussing the topic. “Incredible India: we can go to Mars but cannot provide clean water to our people on Earth,” tweeted Tavleen Singh, noted Indian columnist and political writer. “We can send that mission to Mars and we can fix our problems on Earth. This is not an either/or situation,” countered journalist Ashok Malik. India launched its first space programme in 1962. The country is now looking at landing a wheeled rover on the moon in 2014.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:11:16 +0000
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