I guess that will only happen when political parties make space exploration a poll issue. So this further boils down to >>When will Indian voter think anything other than price of onions and potatoes to chose a particular party to vote for ?
RE:when will ISRO ?
by Tathagatha Alerjee on Aug 05, 2008 02:52 AM Permalink
ISRO will send a mission to alpha centauri (the closest star from the sun) in two years. Our babus are busy solving an equation, once they figure out (a b )^2 = a^2 b^2 2 a.b, the final equation for launching the rocket will be solved. To find such a person who can expand (a b)^2, physics Nobel Laureate Arjun Singh is coming up with formulas that will revolutionize India's education.
Dream on man, ISRO, at best can compete with Paki, Afghani research organizations. Show me at least one guy in IIT JEE top 100, who joins ISRO. They may not join NASA either but most of them end up becoming profs in US universities and contribute indirectly to NASA (sometimes). Forget JEE, if you show me a person with in CET top 2000 from karnataka who has joined ISRO and satyed there for more than 5 years, i will give you a million dollars...when this is the situation, dont expect anything.
RE:when will ISRO ?
by NJ InTrance on Aug 05, 2008 03:37 AM Permalink
As I recall, ISRO has always been a high flier (literally), though not being able to hire the quality of talent that invariably gets picked up by blue chips in India or universities abroad may take its toll. I think ISRO will pull through and continue to do India proud. Organizations like ISRO, BARC, TIFR, etc. are bastions of scientific expertise in India and will continue to be.
Though NASA projects such as this one seem like pointless splurges, they may pave the way the world evolves technologically. Imagine the discovery of molecules that have either improve health, energy or manufacturing. Besides, if Mars once had life (based on this recent finding), we may learn how that life perished, and how we can avoid that from happening to our own beloved planet.
RE:when will ISRO ?
by Tathagatha Alerjee on Aug 05, 2008 04:00 AM Permalink
it is easy to fantacize about these things. You yourself want to be in NJ and not in India and you think other brighter guys want to be in ISRO, dream on. If ISRO/DRDO etc are working, it is due to old people. In 60s/70s/80s joining a public sector company in india was the best thing one could do. It is no longer the case and govt is slow in responding. Once the old generation retires, ISRO can be thrashed.
RE:RE:when will ISRO ?
by Dr.Y.Veeranagouda on Aug 05, 2008 05:02 AM Permalink
Organizations like BARC.. Haaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hahhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I feel pity about this statement. BARC is simply wasting money. I worked their for 8 months. I feel, only cooks in restaurants, Bus drivers and Garden maintaining people are hard workers in BARC.
