While very interesting, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that wishes India (and all of humanity, really) success in its space program, this is a very long way

While very interesting, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that wishes India (and all of humanity, really) success in its space program, this is a very long way from launching a crew-rated vehicle. Nor is the design particularly astonishing or a real technical advance (for that, the private space firms seem to be the ones moving forward). Yet another country trying to get humans to LEO, which we pretty much figured out a half-century ago, and then inexplicably stopped doing, just makes me sad. How about a real, concerted effort for crew-rated heavy lift that can escape Earth? That can escape Earth/Moon? That can provide crew life support for multi-month missions? You know, the stuff I was promised as a kid in the 60s?