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India Ends Russian Space Partnership and Will Land On the Moon Alone
An anonymous reader writes: The Russian space program has experienced numerous accidents and delays recently, leading Indian officials to call into question its long term viability. Now India has decided to pull out of a partnership with Russia for a mission to the moon. According to the Examiner: "Previously, India was scheduled to launch a Russian lander on one of its rockets and send it to the lunar South Pole. Now, according to a story in Russia and India Report, India will go it alone, building its own lander to touch down on the lunar surface within the next few years.
After reviewing your other comments I can only conclude that you're one miserable, angry person. You might want to seek professional help. It is possible to be happy with life even when things aren't going your way.
It seems that your biggest problem with MePHI was that it didn't have lots of money to spend on equipment or stipends for research assistants.
I hate to be the one to tell you but academia generally pays poorly outside of the US. More so in a country like Russia that is still clawing its way back up from the economic collapse that occurred during the transition from communism to capitalism.
With regards to the articles, and in the case of the examiner I use that word loosely, I hope that both Russia and India's moon missions are a success. For the benefit of science. :-)
Perhaps if most of the country's wealth wasn't concentrated in the hands of a handful of corrupt oligarchs who live like a modern version of Roman emperors they'd be able to pay researchers a living wage.
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Funny, your description there can also be applied to Americans, and I'm an American. Fat stupid lazy americans watching fox news. Totally embarrassing!
That is sarcasm at its stupidest! Any country investing in Science & Tech will reap benefits, and this will do well for India to improve the quality of life for its people.
lol? India can't even keep the power on. They can't clean up their garbage. They can't clean up their water supply...
You guys always look down on countries in Asia / Africa such as India or Kenya
You guys always think that countries such as India can never catch up
I have news for you...
While it is true India does have its hands full with the myriad problems that it is facing, India has bean growing leaps and bounds in terms of improving its own infrastructures and in its talent pool for the past few decades, and THIS TREND IS RAPIDLY ACCELERATING IN SCALE
I know, because I do have businesses in India, and I go to India several times every year
To India and to all Indians - as you guys have seen for yourself the snobbery the "Western People" are towards India, isn't it time India stands up and show the world - especially those Western snobs - what you can
Show 'em, India!!
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Need is correct. In biological terms, grow or die. In survival (as a species) terms, be redundant. Need is absolutely correct.