Posted on 08/23/2023 6:46:10 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Wait until they release the NEW Tikka Masala Tang!
good on them.
Other than satisfying curiosity, beating the odds, and enhancing national pride, what are the benefits?
What a stupid line of questioning.
So after the first heart transplant there was no point in doing any more?
Congrats to India. Now may Modi and the anti-Christians in the ruling BJP party face hellfire.
I wonder why an ancient extinct language needed a word that means "moon craft?"
RE: Other than satisfying curiosity, beating the odds, and enhancing national pride, what are the benefits?
We could ask the same of our Apollo Missions.
One paragrpah in the article gives a hint of what they intend to discover:
“In addition to the political and PR benefits, this mission does have real scientific value. India is the first nation to land near the moon’s south pole which scans have indicated is the area of the moon most likely to have ice. It’s thought that a supply of water would be significant for future crewed missions to the moon as it could be turned into drinking water or even rocket fuel.”
What a stupid argument, equivocating heart transplants with moon exploration. Try answering the question as regards benefits of moon exploration. If heart transplants are somehow involved, I would be happy to adjust my outlook.
That falls under the category of “satisfying curiousity.” Definitely a benefit, but it sure as heck won’t go much farther than that.
As I turn to my suffering neighbor and say, “We now know more about the poles of the Moon than we ever have! May I bring you a glass of water from there?”
RE: Definitely a benefit, but it sure as heck won’t go much farther than that.
What benefit does our Space Program give us? Like the USA, India started with UNMANNED explorers. Their long term goal will be manned explorers too.
The answer to questions about the benefits of our space program is the same answer to the question any Indian has regarding their space program.
I can think of several off the top of my head:
* New technologies that can be utilized in other industries and society
* Many spin-off technologies that have come out of the space exploration program, there have been notable advancements in the fields of health and medicine, transportation, public safety, consumer goods, energy and environment, information technology, and industrial productivity.
* Improved knowledge of space and the origin of the universe
I question how much of that could come about without the risks and expense. My attitude toward space exploration is decidedly jaundiced, but I am not so obtuse as to discard genuine benefits other than those I stated. What, specifically, do we enjoy today as fruits of space exploration what we could not have without it?
That’s a big question. I am not going to press you for an answer or call you names if your thoughts differ. The benefits I’ve already mentioned are good. But we ought to excercise some prudence in weighing whether they are worth the price. No?
I must have missed it. Who were 2 and 3?
1. USA
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4. India
Were any of these missions (other than the US's) manned?
If so, how did they make it through the Van Allen radiation belts?
USSR and China both had unmanned landings.
Old joke:
And aide comes into the Oval Office.
“Mr. President, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want first?”
“Give me the bas news first.”
“OK. The Chinese have landed on the Moon.”
“Hmm. Tah tis bad. What’s hte good news?”
“All of them”
They should have called that thing Spongebob Moonpants.
They should have called that thing Spongebob Moonpants.
India, since at least 2009, has refused USA Gov aid. The USA still sends $85 million.
Most of the aid by Americans to India is in the form of loan. Some is from NGO.
It’s a step toward some of us getting off this rock. Water in decent quantity makes a colony practical, eventually even profitable, and then take the next step or steps. If we stay stuck here, eventually either ourselves or Mo’ Nature will erase us. Spread around the solar system (Earth’s Moon, Mars, some moons of the gas giants may be practical) we have a shot to go on much longer.
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