Posted on 10/27/2008 6:07:04 AM PDT by moreofthesame
With Chandrayaan-I less than half way (1, 64, 600 km) to its rendezvous with the Moon, Indian space establishments credentials seem good enough for job inquiries from scientists from around the world.
I have got 10 to 12 (emails), Chandrayaan project director Dr M Annadurai told the Hindustan Times, adding, and am sure some of my bosses have also got such mails. And all these came after the Chandrayaan launch.
These feelers are mostly from scientists of USs National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA). They want to work for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
There are some Indians who want to come back home, said Annadurai, but there are also citizens of other countries working for NASA and ESA who have mailed enquiries about openings at various levels in ISRO.
And, he says, they were willing to take huge salary cuts, because ISRO doesnt pay as much as their current employers, despite the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission.
Senior scientists like Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, the former ISRO Chairman, are not surprised. In fact, he did perceive an inspirational impact when he planned the Moon mission.
Ping
When attention was focused on these couple of paragraphs, the text was changed, it no longer says that, but this article suggests that NASA employees remember what used to be there.
With 0bama in office, space will belong to India, China, and Japan, with lots of support from Russia. Our teachers unions will have better pensions and smaller classrooms, though!
They could hire a few NASA employees.... if they wanted their projects to go horribly over budget and be years behind schedule.
Where McCain is the opposite of Obama when it comes to space.
You know, I really wish the pessimists would keep their pessimism to themselves. We need fighting spirit. McCain-Palin=Victory 2008!!!
I have a feeling that McCain will win.. I’m just saying a lot of good people who is at NASA may leave cause Barak space policy..
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