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by bipin-nag
4283 days ago
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There are many point-of-views that one could(should) factor in to explain the circumstances: 1. Mindset due to poverty: There are many people below the poverty line so it makes sense for the scientific programs to aim for the cost-effective solutions not cutting-edge. 2. Experimental: If it was your first space mission, you wouldn't exactly load it with gadgets. Missions have a chance to succeed or to end in failure. Investment would only make sense after tasting some success. 3. Cost of living: If you are well-off in India, you may still be poor outside of India. Cost of living is lowest in India (http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_by_country.jsp). So cost of research and development will be lower than elsewhere too(maybe not everywhere). 4. Media attention(somewhat): It started with the headlines from British news "We pay for India's rocket to Mars" which raised a lot of eyebrows in India. Even though money from aid was used for intended purpose, it was questioned if India needed the aid. (To me its not worth the brouhaha. They will fancy paying for nuclear programmes next.) 5. GDP: US GDP is the largest in the world. They can afford to spend loads of money without worrying (lets say debt crisis was an exception). India has GDP which is smaller by orders of magnitude. |
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I am not sure if you understand what that means.