Comments on: India’s Moon Probe http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/10/25/indias-moon-probe/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DChandra http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/10/25/indias-moon-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-131087 DChandra Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:26:57 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/10/25/indias-moon-probe/#comment-131087 The way I look at it is, what makes ISRO, a govt agency - that same useless govt, special? How is that they can set a goal and achieved it, within a few months of the deadline, they set years/decade ago. The funds they used to achieve this was small change in Lalu's swindle acts! That is something for the rest of govt departments to learn... The way I look at it is, what makes ISRO, a govt agency – that same useless govt, special? How is that they can set a goal and achieved it, within a few months of the deadline, they set years/decade ago. The funds they used to achieve this was small change in Lalu’s swindle acts! That is something for the rest of govt departments to learn…

]]> By: LalitPatnaik http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/10/25/indias-moon-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-130873 LalitPatnaik Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:21:13 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/10/25/indias-moon-probe/#comment-130873 An interesting view point. True that building reliable infrastructural public utilities matters more. But that doesn't mean we jettison all our high-tech research plans. Many a time solutions to certain social problems come as a by-product of high-tech research. For example, APJ Abdul Kalam mentioned in one of his books about how researching on lightweight materials in the missile programs led to the development of light weight prosthetic limbs. Agreed, it was defence research in this case, rather than space research. It was high-tech research nonetheless. So what I would think of, ideally, is to have work on the high-tech domain - such as space, defence and other research - to proceed hand in hand with the decidedly low-tech yet utterly important issues of building adequate and reliable infrastructural public utilities. Easier said than done though. We don't live in Utopia! An interesting view point. True that building reliable infrastructural public utilities matters more. But that doesn’t mean we jettison all our high-tech research plans. Many a time solutions to certain social problems come as a by-product of high-tech research. For example, APJ Abdul Kalam mentioned in one of his books about how researching on lightweight materials in the missile programs led to the development of light weight prosthetic limbs. Agreed, it was defence research in this case, rather than space research. It was high-tech research nonetheless.

So what I would think of, ideally, is to have work on the high-tech domain – such as space, defence and other research – to proceed hand in hand with the decidedly low-tech yet utterly important issues of building adequate and reliable infrastructural public utilities. Easier said than done though. We don’t live in Utopia!

]]> By: vishu http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/10/25/indias-moon-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-130852 vishu Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:00:06 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/10/25/indias-moon-probe/#comment-130852 Atanu - You have hit on spot. Our top notch scientist, leaders should start solving our earthly problems because from moon India will not be visible as it would be dark. Dark in mind and Dark in actions. Atanu – You have hit on spot.
Our top notch scientist, leaders should start solving our earthly problems because from moon India will not be visible as it would be dark. Dark in mind and Dark in actions.

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