You're kidding, right? Here's a sample back from Nov-13 when India launched the Mars orbiter: This is The Guardian saying: "Such expenditure is, however, contr

You're kidding, right? Here's a sample back from Nov-13 when India launched the Mars orbiter: This is The Guardian saying: "Such expenditure is, however, controversial, with some questioning whether India, where more than 40% of children are malnourished and half the population have no toilets, can afford the mission." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/04/india-mars-probe-launch-space https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/04/india-mars-pro... Here's the Financial Times saying "India’s Mars ‘fantasy’ defies earthly woes": https://www.ft.com/content/235c487a-dd52-11e1-8fdc-00144feab49a https://www.ft.com/content/235c487a-dd52-11e1-8fdc-00144feab... Here's another from a publication I hadn't really heard of: https://guardianlv.com/2013/11/india-mars-mission-to-launch-amidst-overwhelming-poverty/ https://guardianlv.com/2013/11/india-mars-mission-to-launch-... Here's The Economist hiding it under a thin veneer of appearing to justify the expenditure: "Some launches may be mere vanity projects, but satellites can have real benefits too" https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2013/11/04/how-can-poor-countries-afford-space-programmes https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2013/11/04/... Here CNN doesn't use "poverty" but calls it an "escalation in Asia's space race" https://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/04/world/asia/india-mars-space-race/ https://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/04/world/asia/india-mars-spa... But it isn't just the western media. It's actually just the left, everywhere. Even in India. Like this: https://zeenews.india.com/news/space/amidst-euphoria-some-voices-question-cost-of-mars-mission_888098.html https://zeenews.india.com/news/space/amidst-euphoria-some-vo...