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I think about a child in a village without reliable clean water or a nearby functioning clinic, and it's hard for me to feel excited about a mission to the Moon when needs that basic are still going unmet so close to home.
meeraiyerEditorial
I think about a child in a village without reliable clean water or a nearby functioning clinic, and it's hard for me to feel excited about a mission to the Moon when needs that basic are still going unmet so close to home.
ISRO's total annual budget is roughly 0.04% of India's GDP, dramatically smaller than the country's total welfare spending, and missions like Chandrayaan-3 have directly driven advances in low-cost satellite technology that now supports weather forecasting and communication access in exactly the remote regions welfare programs are trying to reach.
Should space exploration funding be prioritized over poverty reduction?
Is caste-based reservation system still necessary in modern India?