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Of course they are not. But the merits of India's space program are a debate worth having in my opinion. All the other space programs (except for NK) were start

Of course they are not. But the merits of India's space program are a debate worth having in my opinion. All the other space programs (except for NK) were started when their nations were doing okay socially at least. Sure, the profits may be redirected to fixing those social issues but lives are being lost the longer they delay that.

IndianAstronaut 10y ago
Indians spend several times more money on Bollywood and Cricket than the space programs. Space programs are not what needs to be targeted for budgets.
- josephmx 10y ago
  I'm not sure you can compare cricket with government spending, unless the government massively donates to sport and movies?
  - mindondrugs 10y ago
    The Indian Goverment has a budget of Rs. 1541 Crores (£155,000,000~) for the Sports Department http://www.hindustantimes.com/union-budget/sports-ministry-gets-marginal-raise-in-the-union-budget-2016/story-rzObzoxvYWxUstZbjSqjoM.html http://www.hindustantimes.com/union-budget/sports-ministry-g... And the space program has a budget of Rs. 7,927 crore (£799,871,700) according to wikipedia. So to address your point, yeah India spends quite a bit on Sports, but no way near as much as their Space Program.
    - iprateek 10y ago
      And the Government would spend Rs 221,246 crore on roads and railways alone. http://www.livemint.com/Politics/zdmiM68OZXnq2Kg5sMJESI/Budget-2016-Govt-to-spend-Rs218-trillion-on-roads-railway.html http://www.livemint.com/Politics/zdmiM68OZXnq2Kg5sMJESI/Budg...