PKl. Tuesday, the 11th July, 2006. I read the insider E. Govindraj's write -up on the successive space failures on last two days I mean the Agni-III and GSLV inset -4c yesterday with crossed fingers. and a healthy doze of scepticism...I trust the work -culture and peer -criticism as led by the iconic figures of Kalam, Dhawan and earlier by the founder of ISRO Vikram Sarabhai are still holding out and the organisation in years to come shall emerge as key to India's modernising edge in space -Science and inter -planetary travel , habitation anf other such ambitious objectives .This despite this week's shocking failures or Sabotage,the last is alwasys so very close to all strategic -sites of this soft apathetic hierarchy driven indifference that rules Indian life...D.Goel
What better time to read this artcle esp after Sunday's disaster. Can't expect anything much apart from this. Anyway HOPE/WISH/PRAY for ISRO's success next time.
Kudos to Rediff and Govindraj for having put an article that tells about ISRO's Success rather than yesterday's failure of GSLV. While newspapers are full of news talking about GSLV failure and doubts over future of Indian Space Program, one fails to understand that do we always need to sensationalise all news items for the heck of it?? The achievements of ISRO cannot be written-off in one go. It really makes sense to put things in the right perspective, as you have done. At the same time, I wish to suggest that when we say that Antrix Corporation earns 400 Crores, there should be comparisons available. How much it compares with other space agencies or even for that matter other govt. agencies? While it is understandable to quote Dr. Kasturirangan and Kiran Karnik's experiences at ISRO, checking up the motivation factor of employees at the lower levels is perhaps what could have been mentioned.
