India and Asian Space Race

[mailric]

let em go. theres more room up there.

[Cyberman]

It will actually increase India's technical know-how, create employment and have knock-ons for other industries in India and worldwide. It's good for India and not so good for us because it means yet more competition !!

[BA to the Stars]

The BBC are already recording "The Kumars at Moon Base Alpha"

[Bright Spark]

one small step, one giant leap for indian kind !

[Churchill]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7679818.stm

So India has the money to go to the moon, but:

One-third of India's population (roughly equivalent to the entire population of the United States) lives below the poverty line and India is home to one-third of the world's poor people.

Though the middle class has gained from recent positive economic developments, India suffers from substantial poverty. According to the new World Bank's estimates on poverty based on 2005 data, India has 456 million people, 41.6% of its population, living below the new international poverty line of $1.25 (PPP) per day. The World Bank further estimates that 33% of the global poor now reside in India. Moreover, India also has 828 million people, or 75.6% of the population living below $2 a day, compared to 72.2% for Sub-Saharan Africa



Also the UK government gives money to India to ease the poverty.

Should India be focussing on going to the moon, or helping it's people out of poverty?

Discuss, organise a pissup, or post utter utter crap.

The racist bastards can't afford to feed their own populace yet spend billions of dollars on nuclear weapons and delivery platforms!!! It's f**kin' immoral. Oh, the humanity etc!!!!!

[d000hg]

The racist bastards can't afford to feed their own populace yet spend billions of dollars on nuclear weapons and delivery platforms!!! It's f**kin' immoral. Oh, the humanity etc!!!!!

Sounds a bit like the USA <cough>Katrina <cough>minimum wage less than cost of living.

[Churchill]

Sounds a bit like the USA <cough>Katrina <cough>minimum wage less than cost of living.

Your point being?

[Stan.goodvibes]

The Indian attempt to get into space is doomed to fail - Mission control will probably outsource the IT and support functions to a Call Centre out the back of Dehli somewhere...

Astronaut: "Mission Control, I am experiencing problems with my portside thrust controller"

Call centre drone: "I'm sorry sir, I do not understand the problem. It must be something you are doing..."

etc

<insert rest of personally most annoying indian call centre conversation that failed to resolve any of your issues>

[TimberWolf]

Should India be focussing on going to the moon, or helping it's people out of poverty.

It's great that India is doing science like this, but the money would have been better spent on condoms. Unless they sort out their population problem they, like us, are Doomed. It's almost unbelievable that they manage to feed the poulation they have now. Population control obviously isn't rocket science. Just can't keep humans from breeding. As the article goes on to say, India will be only the fourth country to have put a flag on the Moon (finders is keepers), and that doesn't include us. China also receives UK aid, and they've done a space-walk.

[Flashman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7198546.stm

Brown announces India aid package

Gordon Brown has announced a new package of development aid for India, worth £825m over the next three years.

Money well spent eh? Way to go Gordon 'Saviour of Britain' Brown !