India is getting prepared to launch a spacecraft to planet Mars from Chennai. Do you think it is worth the effort given the fact that india as a nation is faced with poverty and suffering among a greater size of its population. Agreed they have great scientist/engineer/doctor who are contributing to global develpment both in India and abroad but their economy have not grown to the level of USA, Russia and China. I am of the view that they are feeling uncomfortable with the success achieved by the chinese in space exploration. But they must realise that China have been able to get their economy up than india. It is on record that it is the American ( USA ) that is the only country that have been able to get into mars and explore it. No nation have achieve that after the american. But why India, a struggling asia economy that is facing poverty among its citizenry? Why don't india collborate with the Brazillian, another poor country that is at the same level with them?

Did they ask for your opinion?

Ma_J_Blige: Did they ask for your opinion?

This is from a female contributor. May we have more matured contributions from other nairalander!

All worlds people will watch this.
India spends on mission to Mars.

Watch when next flood,famine,earthquake, riot hits India.
They will be out with their begging bowl again "give us money for starving children"
The World people should say to India / Pakistan
" You reap as you shall sow" &
"God helps those who help themselves"

Worry 359, Thanks for your contribution it is an interesting opinion. Hope others will share their views. As at the time of my typing this piece, the india spaceshuttle have lifted off successfully and it is on its way to planet mars. An indian who was interviewed on the BBC said the space mission will give india as a nation the technological know how to manage its abject poverty that is facing most indian. Many indian today are busy doing menial job in UAE ( Dubai ) Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and some other countries when they should be gainfully engaged in india if their economy had been well developed by the government. But their government are now venturing into space!

Meanwhile, I am seeing a rivalry between India and China in the space race. Just like what we saw between the United states and the former soviet union ( now russia ) during the cold war and apollo space mission and russian sputnik

Space mission is very capital intensive, it is multi million dollars project and any nation that strive to venture into it must be prepare for a real work. But the india government do not seems to bother, they believe despite the mass poverty plaguing most indian they can come out strong technological like countries such as China. And then use such knowledge to change their society from poverty to plenty.