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UK Seeks Stronger Partnership In Space Technology With India

Posted by samzenpus on from the together-again dept.

tanujt writes "David Willett, British minister for Universities and Sciences has called for a stronger partnership between Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and UK's space program. As of now, Willetts invited ISRO to partner the UK in its TechDemoSat program. TechDemoSat is an industry-led technology demonstration satellite which aims to provide a low-Earth-orbit test bed to help demonstrate the technical maturity and commercial viability of innovative new space technology. TK Alex, director of ISRO Satellite Centre, invited the UK to partner India in training space scientists through academic exchanges between the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing and leading UK universities. This follows US President Obama's recent visit to India, wherein he signaled ending the ban on high-end technology exports and removal of Indian organizations, including ISRO and Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO), from the Entity List."

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  1. When I see stuff like this ... by AnonymousClown · · Score: 5, Insightful
    it looks more and more like we're approaching a 'Star Fleet/Star Trek' type of World. More power to'em, I say. Better to build space ships than nuclear bombs.

    And It sure and hell beats a 'Blade Runner' type of World.

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    1. Re:When I see stuff like this ... by bucketoftruth · · Score: 2, Informative

      I think you're forgetting the pleasure cyborgs in Blade Runner.

    2. Re:When I see stuff like this ... by El+Torico · · Score: 2, Insightful

      ...still mostly an religion-ridden oligarchy where family and caste connections buys you (or excludes you) from education, position and power.

      Just substitute "class" for "caste" and you've just described both the UK and more so the US.

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    3. Re:When I see stuff like this ... by tanujt · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Who is talking about outsourcing tech jobs? RTFA, it's PARTNERSHIP. This stereotype is not amusing anymore.
      In any case, given India's recent achievements in space tech, your mistrust in ISRO's abilities stands to question.

      And if you are implying that India is the ONLY religion-riddled caste-discriminating nepotistic country, then I don't know where you've been getting your news from lately.

      Dealing with one person from IIRS (mind you, that's NOT the place that builds the remote sensors, it's an educational institute), you can NOT possibly build an opinion about the whole organization. To build a sensible statistic AND make claims, you need a sample space. Not just one sample.

    4. Re:When I see stuff like this ... by Mindcontrolled · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The mental stench of your racism sure managed to propagated through the vacuum in your skull.

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    5. Re:When I see stuff like this ... by MrNemesis · · Score: 2, Interesting

      And It sure and hell beats a 'Blade Runner' type of World.

      Britain is already a Blade Runner world! It's perpetually raining, the colonies went to war with us because they didn't want us interfering, the workforce is run by corporate oligarchs who have their brains programmed to only think and know certain things and undercover police go around "retiring" Brazilian electricians.

      Disclaimer for all about to mod me as troll: I'm British, and an ex girlfriend is an (ex) space scientist; she shifted careers a year ago due to manufacture in europe being too expensive for most prospective clients. This is just a move to get what little remains of our manufacturing exported overseas. Mod me -1 cynical instead.

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    6. Re:When I see stuff like this ... by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Better to build space ships than nuclear bombs.

      Can't we have both?

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  2. stop with the call centre jokes already! by kaka.mala.vachva · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I was going to type, lets see how many posts we manage before the call centre ad "jokes" creep in, but looks like I was too late.

    1. Re:stop with the call centre jokes already! by tehcyder · · Score: 2, Insightful

      What with that and the bleating about outsourcing, together with some simple old-fashioned racism, I was expecting this to be an entirely content-free thread.

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