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India is a vigorous democracy that has sent an orbiter to Mars. Yet its children are more likely to starve than children in far poorer nations in Africa. http:/

by known 10y ago

India is a vigorous democracy that has sent an orbiter to Mars. Yet its children are more likely to starve than children in far poorer nations in Africa. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/opinion/half-these-kids-are-stunted.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/opinion/half-these-kids-ar...

mrwindmill 10y ago
I guess you're unaware that satellites are used for Space Based Inputs for Decentralized Planning (SIS-DP) National Urban Information System (NUIS) ISRO Disaster Management Support Programme (ISRO-DMSP) Biodiversity Characterizations at landscape level- http://bis.iirs.gov.in Preharvest crop area and production estimation of major crops. Drought monitoring and assessment based on vegetation condition. Flood risk zone mapping and flood damage assessment. Hydro-geomorphological maps for locating underground water resources for drilling well. Irrigation command area status monitoring Snow-melt run-off estimates for planning water use in down stream projects Land use and land cover mapping Urban planning Forest survey Wetland mapping Environmental impact analysis Mineral Prospecting Coastal studies Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development (initiated in 1992) for generating locale-specific prescriptions for integrated land and water resources development in 174 districts. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Remote_Sensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Remote_Sensing There are probably other uses as well. This argument of "cant-go-to-space-till-every-other-problem-is-solved" makes no sense. You need space programs to solve major problems. If you take away all the budget from space programs and other research, and then put all of that into providing food, it'll take much longer to get rid of poverty. Think "teaching a man to fish" vs "giving a man a fish".

by known 10y ago

mrwindmill 10y ago

I guess you're unaware that satellites are used for Space Based Inputs for Decentralized Planning (SIS-DP) National Urban Information System (NUIS) ISRO Disaster Management Support Programme (ISRO-DMSP) Biodiversity Characterizations at landscape level- http://bis.iirs.gov.in Preharvest crop area and production estimation of major crops. Drought monitoring and assessment based on vegetation condition. Flood risk zone mapping and flood damage assessment. Hydro-geomorphological maps for locating underground water resources for drilling well. Irrigation command area status monitoring Snow-melt run-off estimates for planning water use in down stream projects Land use and land cover mapping Urban planning Forest survey Wetland mapping Environmental impact analysis Mineral Prospecting Coastal studies Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development (initiated in 1992) for generating locale-specific prescriptions for integrated land and water resources development in 174 districts. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Remote_Sensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Remote_Sensing There are probably other uses as well. This argument of "cant-go-to-space-till-every-other-problem-is-solved" makes no sense. You need space programs to solve major problems. If you take away all the budget from space programs and other research, and then put all of that into providing food, it'll take much longer to get rid of poverty. Think "teaching a man to fish" vs "giving a man a fish".