Space Missions are a Wastage of Resources for a Resource-Starved Nation like India

According to my opinion, India is a developing country. But whether it has really reached that level of development where it needs to compete in space missions where most of the populations are fighting against the poverty. Scientific advancement should be encouraged but side by side a portion of the money should be granted for the social welfare of the people.

We need not be apologetic about our aims. Space technology is very important for a nation like India for development/defense - hope our leaders will give more priority for scientific research and education.

To consider space program as a waste of money and resources would be a hasty assumption. ISRO has been continuously focusing its research on remote sensing, meteorological satellites, navigation satellites and telecommunications satellites.

These technological advancements have helped the people of the country in more ways than one. Telecom satellites provide cellphone services to every corner of the country. Remote Sensing satellites recognize the presence of resources in different locations.

Let me give you an example. In 1999 due to the super cyclone that hit the east coast of India, 10000 people perished. In 2013, a cyclone of even greater destructive force called the Palin hit the eastern coast. But this time there were only 23 deaths.

There are several reasons for this.

First, meteorological satellites by ISRO provided accurate data on the severity and movement of the storm.

Satellite phones used by disaster management teams helped in ease of communication during times of distress. These phones were dependent on the Telecom satellites in orbit.

Locations that would be more likely to be flooded were recognised and marked with the help of cartography satellites.

Thus we realise that even for the common man Space is a profitable and useful venture.

According to me, space missions are important, we are not wasting economy in space missions, with the help of space missions we are demonstrating that we are capable of doing any type of things. We are count in developing country but still, we have our own GPS system. And if we want to compete with other countries like china and USA they are well-developed country, even they can change their weather, that time we have to do other things like space missions etc. Our president also in a favour that space missions are imp for our country. With the satellite, we can easily connect to peoples on internet. And we can forecast the msg if any calamities occur. And it is beneficial for the defense sector like surgical strike,

SOMEONE SAID THAT MANGALYAN MISSION IS USELESS. I think your mind in your knees. You know very well. Today population increases rapidly. Suppose people have no place to live that if MARS have a life that time we can shift to mars. If India will not participate in such kind of missions in future other countries will hold of every place in another planet. Many people now thinking that this will not happen and this is impossible to do. But everything is possible. Thank you, everyone.

Space research is the potential to develop the nation-said by father of space science Dr. Vikram sarabai.

Its not a wastage of resourse, we are demonstreting ourself that we are technically capable in doing space research and exploring the universe, And we are cost effective too. NASA Mars exploration mission namely MAVEN cost about 671 million dollars, but INDIA'S Mars mission namely MANGALYAAN cost about only 74 million dollors!. And also we are the only asian country succeeded in mars exploration in the very first attempt.

I think space missions are not a wastage of our Indian economy because by that only.

1. We are able to compete with developed countries like USA, Russia, etc.

2. We are solving problems of poverty as the space programme is giving employment to many youths.

3. By Chandrayaana only the world came to know that there is water in moon and also mars.

4. It is helping in communication system.

5. It is helping in our defense system ex:- surgical strike.

6. By satellites, we will come to know the upcoming natural disasters.

Someone said that scientists are busy in useless research but by their useless research only India is able to compete with other countries. I am not saying that you should invest so much of money in space programme they have limits for that and they are doing well.

Thank you.

Actually, I have a question.

If we launch a multistage rocket which has other countries satellites and while launching it fails. What should we do after that?

It is good for our country because if we feel proud of our scientists and appreciate their work then they will do their work with more interest and this will also create more job opportunity for Indian.

Space missions are simply the missions for the exploration of celestial structures in outer space. The most common purpose of which they are undertaken is for proxy wars. But India is now earning from the space missions and also the advance expertise and the low-cost program achievements have proved that it can become a contributor to the GDP. India is developing rapidly so it is important to tap all of the possible sectors to become world's major economic power.

In my opinion, Indian exploration to space has a great opportunity to be invested by many under developing countries. When we were in war with Pakistan in 1999. USA stopped the GPS system. But now India have its own navigation system which means we are not dependent on such kind of purpose now.