What about the commercial prospects for ISRO? In future its specialized knowledge and expertise would sell at a premium as many countries - small and big - would come to it for their development of space science which is actually a necessity.
That is an attractive avenue which can benefit us greatly, seeing that we successfully launched our Mars orbiter out of earth's orbit and towards Mars orbit, China has already started cautiously scooting over to us! :woohoo: There are many countries who would willingly buy technology from us!
So an entire world of opportunities open up for us from activities which many unwisely believe to be wasteful and unproductive!! We,Indians, are too hasty in drawing conclusions!! :dry: :dry: :dry: :dry:
Those who jump to hasty conclusions are individuals with myopic vision. At the very outset of ISRO's launching, Vikram Sarabhai clearly enunciated the Goals and objectives. In his own words, " we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and society."