Congrats to India! Glad to see more space programs succeed.
I’m not. Seems like a waste of money when their children are starving.
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Yeah, me too.
Seems like a waste of time and energy that could be better spent doing something else.
I think satellites are cool, though. Most space exploration is going to be eclipsed by advances in technology before we can do anything of value with it. But hey, it makes rich people richer faster! Anything to distract from helping those at the bottom rungs of society, lol. That’s not sexy!
“Let’s stop all progress until we deal with insert_your_problem_of_choice” has never been a good take, it stifles development without actually helping. In an ideal world that might work, but as is it just doesn’t.
To add to that, and correct me if I’m wrong, but I doubt that starving children in India is actually a mere money problem. It looks more like a wealth distribution problem, and that one doesn’t get fixed by stopping space programs.
Lol, what? Where did you get the word ‘progress’ from? Seems like a loaded argument.
Try to be more direct and don’t put words in my mouth. Argue with what I’m saying, not with what sounds nice in your head.
“Let’s stop all progress until we deal with insert_your_problem_of_choice” has never been a good take
I mean, sure, most of the time.
But when one is “a shit ton of kids is starving” and the other is “vanity moon mission we don’t gain knowledge from”…
Yeah, maybe address the starving kids first.
but I doubt that starving children in India is actually a mere money problem. It looks more like a wealth distribution problem, and that one doesn’t get fixed by stopping space programs.
India flat out said the reason for this program is for PR…
It’s not science, it’s not innovation, or the pursuit of knowledge.
The reason they’ve spent decades and billions on this, is to try and seem like India is a 1st world country.
That could also be accomplished by not having one of the world’s highest rates of childhood starvation and malnourishment.
Instead they ignore that for “flashier” methods.
India flat out said the reason for this program is for PR…
It’s not science, it’s not innovation, or the pursuit of knowledge.
What’s your source on this?
You know what I think the root cause of any money problem in India is? Corruption. It’s corrupt from the very top. It’s not exactly easy to fix it with a population that large either. It’s a mess and that’s why it’s a third world country.
Edit: That’s one of the reasons it’s a third world country. I’m just highlighting what I find wrong. Corruption is connected to, no offence intended, some parts of its vast culture. And like the comment above mentions, wealth distribution.
I’ll believe it when it doesn’t crash and burn like the last one.
India has a long history of making huge claims, failing, and then claiming that was the goal.
