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

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Munu guddy said:   1 decade ago
Space mission is not a wastage of resources, but this improves our India's knowledge towards other country. It solves our communication problem. India is a developing country. Some development may be depends upon this science.
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ADS said:   1 decade ago
Space missions are never a wastage of resources. It is an integral part of the science and technological development of the country. Without any technological development, we can never be really independent until we gain the technological excellence comparable to the the developed countries. Until then the poverty of India cannot be abolished, whatever budget is allotted to it. The only way to eliminate the poverty is to drive out the illiteracy, which can only be achieved by scientific excellence of the country.

Besides, the space missions are also a very much necessity to our communication system and national defense. So, it is a sector of strategic importance of the country in the world. In this world full of terrorism, a global surveillance system of the country over the world is very necessary. And as for the failed space mission, any successful mission needs some failure in order to the lessons. So, the only way to stop the failures is to stop the missions at all, which is a extremely ridiculous to think.
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Subhrajit mandal said:   1 decade ago
Hi friends,

We all know about the last few successful projects of ISRO. As an Indian we all should be proud of having such an international level research center. Otherwise we have to depend upon other countries like America or Russia for a good communication system or forecasting weather and lot of our basic needs. May be the project works are very costly but so what if we have to pay the charges of using others technology. So if we highlight on this issue that how much money do we save and if other country use our technology then also we get paid for this. Is it good or bad. If we invest money on this sector our country also be enriched by its technology and in future may be ISRO will come to the same level of NASA and make us proud. But we should trust and wait for that.
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Jeevaraj said:   1 decade ago
Hello friends, good day to all of you, I had agreed some points related to the space mission is helped to find out the ocean layer is damaging & ultraviolet rays are affecting to the earth, warning of heavy rain, cyclones, etc. But, that time astronomers performing projects of find the water molecules in the moon, mars are unwanted works. Because, normally we are brought a one liter earth water at 15 to 20 rupees in bottles. These the water can't be brought by middle class families. So, that the time these the space water rate should be fixed at high amount. So, top richest persons are should be avoid these the space water. So, these research of water on space is waste less one.

Thank you.
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Ckgaiki said:   1 decade ago
Space reasearch is worth to explore even if it is a costilier affair. Because the output results can be very well utilised for the benefits of the nation as well as a globe. Further it also protects the country from various threats may it be natural calamities, threaths from neighbour countries etc. Therefore we must support such space missions and shall utilised the data base colleted in the interest of all human kind across the globe.
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Anu said:   1 decade ago
Hello Friends,
In my opinion we are not wasting our money in space research. We are able to grow in the field of Telecommunication with the help of satellites. Not only that we are getting information about weather and other natural disasters with the help of space research. If we are neglecting this field due to the money spend then how can we get the information about unknown aspects of an other world.
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Shyam said:   1 decade ago
Friends I think judging space research as a profit or loss venture is not an appreciable thing. We belong to a diversified nation. It is not only space missions but it applies to general chemical pharmacies where profit is considered secondary to welfare of society. Coming back to our topic, if space research was a wastage we would have been in a belief of eclipse may be due to raahu and kethu. As someone are complaining here about corruption our ISRO is out of it, because every single compartment of a space shuttle is made by some organisation in disguise and are assembles by ISRO. Where all the technical strategies are kept secret. If you observe our recent achievements in space wing we met failure only for 2 out of 5 times. And all of them being in collaboration with other countries. I may say we human beings have traced places like Bermuda triangle because of space research. Think we are to hit by a meteoroid, we are helpless. But because of recent developments, we have laser cutting devices placed outside our atmosphere hence we are safe.

Finally, what I want to say is noting all the past, present and future space research, I would say considering this a wastage will be a disaster.
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Bibhishan said:   1 decade ago
Space missions are don't wastage of resources because increase the level technology for e.g. 3G technique and weather forecasting for protect different natural calamities, for use in agriculture crop protection.
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Simran said:   1 decade ago
Hello Friends, I would like to patronize the people who said that space missions are not a wastage of resources. I would like to provide a solid exposition for this statement. Space is not an encumbered subject to study, it has no defined boundaries, There are a lot more things to be explored. And space is just not mere squandering which leads to nothing. Space research has many pros which outweigh its cons.

1) We can expect to find water on Mars, which would open a new era of life for humans. Moreover because of the global warming we cannot rely on the conjecture that earth is going to survive for million more years, and if we do not have any other option we would seriously be in a predicament.

So space research and alternate options for life seems a pretty good rationale for spending on space research.

2) As of poverty, Unemployment and other problems, These can be tackled by getting rid of corruption as our leaders have blocked money more than what we spend on space research. So to ameliorate things we have to uproot corruption. Moreover the govt is ready to provide enough help to the poor, but the help is not able to reach the impoverished sections of the society only because of the corrupt.

3) Also, Space research gives as a social stature in the world of cut-throat competition. It will make the world see that we are capable of creating avant-garde inventions.

4) As many of you have already mentioned, Space research helps in weather forecasting, thus making us less prone to the damage of the most hazardous disasters. It will assist us in saving millions of lives and resources worth millions.

5) It is important for us to know about our universe. Example. Because now we know about the sun and its properties, we can avoid sunburns. Now we know about rotations and revolutions, we are able to set our standard times.

So when we interpret the above information we can clearly make out that space research is advantageous. It provides us with a great array of other resources.
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Sumit said:   1 decade ago
I think space missions like chandrayan is total wastage of money, such missions can only give name & fame but can't reduce poverty. Instead of doing such a research work that requires lot of money, govt should invest money in improving satellites that gives weather report, because we all know how poor our weather forecasting department is.
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