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Aakar Patel: Should India be spending money on its mission to the Moon? – National Herald
The answer is both yes and no. Yes because missions help develop scientific temper; and no because poor countries should not squander taxpayers’ money on fancy …
There are two views when it comes to nations like India spending money on a space programme and I think both are valid. The first of course is that a poor nation should not be spending money on fancy rockets that do not produce any particular benefit for its citizens other than national pride which one cannot eat.
The other is that such missions develop scientific temperament. And particularly in a part of the world where the Government tells people what not to eat and what slogans to shout and…
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