Saturday, July 15, 2023

It's already a success.

"The successful launch of Chandrayaan-3 got the leadership of startups and big companies with Indian roots in Silicon Valley thumping their chests with pride and looking at what lies ahead for India."Zee. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been making satellites and launching them from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, India, as well as on launch vehicles of other nations since 1980. wikipedia. Also, India has launched 424 satellites for 34 countries as of 22 April 2023, of which 231 belonged to the United States which has had a highly successful launch program itself. wikipedia. On 15 February 2017, India deployed 104 satellites, "the largest number of satellites launched on a single flight by any space agency". Chandrayaan-1 was launched in 2008 and was able to gather data for 312 days and was able to detect water molecules in the lunar soil. wikipedia. Chandrayaan-2 was deemed a failure although the spacecraft reached lunar orbit successfully. "India's attempt to land near the south pole of the moon, part of the Chandrayaan-2 mission ended when mission managers lost contact with the lander - seconds before touchdown - just 2 kilometers from the moon's surface." Science. "Some of the top representatives of the Silicon Valley companies echoed the sentiment that the successful launch of the lunar mission signaled emergence of India as a global leader in key areas of the technology sector." It is not possible that persons of Indian origin (PIO) living in the US are ignorant of our long history of space success and that the real test will come when the craft reaches the moon. "India's third moon mission Chandrayaan-3 will attempt the technically challenging soft landing on the lunar surface on August 23, more than a month after Chandrayaan-3 took off from the spaceport in Sriharikota piggybacking on the heavylift LVM3-M4 rocket." ET. India developed cryogenic engines on its own after, "The quest to acquire cryogenic technology faced not just technological challenges but also geopolitical sanctions. In fact, the US had at one point tried to scuttle India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) project." TOI. It even pressured Russia to cancel a contract to buy cryogenic engines from Glavkosmos. Now the US is using our launch vehicles for its satellites, presumably because we can do it for much less cost. So, there is no reason for cheap propaganda. For example, "India has emerged as the top choice for investing in emerging market debt, surpassing China, according to a report by Invesco." TN. "For 2022, three years after all the Covid-19 disruptions, the US GDP has grown to $25.46 trillion, China's GDP to $18.1 trillion, and India's GDP to $3.39 trillion,"wrote Subhash Chandra Garg. "Both the US and China have added more than India's 2022-23 GDP ($3.39 trillion) during this period," while India added just $0.55 trillion. Our space program is a true international success. We should wait for mission success before celebrating. Premature chest thumping is idiotic.    

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