This kind of comment is the first one to show up like clockwork whenever a HN story comes up which doesn’t mention India and poor/corruption/hungry/religion in the same sentence.

True! I wonder if they do realise gun culture in USA, is worse than any of the so-called third world nations. India is the sixth largest economy of the world.

It's baffling to me how westerners don't realize that you could solve two different problems in parallel.

When America started its space program, were all of its problems solved?

In fact, are all of America's problems solved now?

Agree. In 1969 while they were busy landing folks in moon, the civil rights movement and black panthers were fighting for equality and justice. My 2 cents.

This comment comes off like this cartoon: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/media/images/78030000/jpg...

There is no reason India can't do both.

Having a space program and specifically a launch vehicle that puts satellites in orbit for other countries brings in foreign exchange revenue. Having a reusable launch vehicle is an improvement on capabilities for competitive pricing. What's not to like here?

Jul 2022: "ISRO earns US$ 279 mn in foreign exchange"

https://indbiz.gov.in/isro-earns-us-279-mn-in-foreign-exchan...

India is a vast country with the soon to be largest population in the world. There are quite enough people to be doing both.

Probably already is, apparently...

So there's enough people, enough money (sixth largest economy) and enough reason to do it, too.