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One of the things I always struggle to understand is whenever ISRO get mentioned people jump on US vs India salaries. We live in a world where globalization has
by akshayB 10y ago
One of the things I always struggle to understand is whenever ISRO get mentioned people jump on US vs India salaries. We live in a world where globalization has changed everything. See what happened to Solar industry when China started dumping cheap solar panels across the global market. Auto manufacturing, software business and many other sectors it is a very common practice. If you have a target of launching something in orbit why not save the money and use technology used by ISRO save some money and use it for another project.
- om42 10y agoTLDR: They're two different agencies that have different cabailities and responsibilities. Other than logistics cost NASA's rockets have much higher payloads (think 100 tons vs 10 tons), number of rockets available, number of satellites launched into space (but I think ISRO technically has a better success rate), deep space missions and research(ISRO recently sent its first MARS rover), space stations, manned missions, NASA is also involved in aeronautics, and robots/rovers. Source: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-NASA-and-ISRO-in-terms-of-advanced-technology-and-science https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-NASA-an...
- shripadk 10y agoISRO is moving towards it's first manned mission as well. It recently tested it's first Reusable Launch System: RLV-TD (Launch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxe6q60R70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxe6q60R70)