this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
672 points (99.1% liked)
World News
37508 readers
344 users here now
News from around the world!
Rules:
-
Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
-
No NSFW content
-
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It's less impressive when you remember they're letting the majority of Indian children live with severe malnourishment to do this...
It's like NK bragging about their rockets.
When you don't take care of the necessities, it's easy to do other shit.
Like a person wearing flashy clothes, driving new cars, and living in a giant house. Then finding out their over leveraged and bankrupt.
Edit:
Downvoting won't feed the children Modi is sacrificing
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00067-6/fulltext
Nah, it's still very impressive. The two things aren't necessarily related and you've presented zero evidence that they are. The entire idea that India's options were "feed kids or go to space" is reductive to the point of absurdity. They could do both.
In any case, exploring our solar system isn't a luxury akin to owning a sports car. It's science. It's pushing the boundaries of human knowledge. It is incredibly valuable in a way that's hard to quantify.
And quite frankly, Modi had precious little to do with this. He's a politician and this happened while he was in power. That's it. It's not like he was in the control room giving directions or turning a screwdriver or something.