India's Space Program a Shining Example of Potential Benefits for Everyone

India, the world's largest Democracy yet also one of its poorest. Still they find the $600 million dollars they need each year to fund their ever more successful Space program.

Since 1963 the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has achieved ever increasing success in the Space technology business.
They possess a few different types of rockets, some with lifting capability of more than 4000 pounds. They have the ability to build, launch and maintain a vast array of specialized satellites.
Most interesting to me is that most, if not all, Indian satellites have been designed to help the nation's poorest citizens; Everything from local weather reports to telemedicine for the rural masses is available across the nation.
Their national pride and sense of accomplishment has also been bolstered.

Interestingly enough, India has a long, rich history of rocketry beginning in the early 18th century. There's more information here, if you're interested.

And those of you who wonder why we should be shelling out money to NASA for silly Space trips, consider this: We already outsource work to India. Do you want to outsource the Mars Mission too? Just food for thought...

Of course The Space Ace fully supports all Space programs, public and private; Anything that gets us into Space...