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Are you implying that rest of the anti-Modi folks wanted this mission to fail? That's somewhat sad. ISRO is funded by the Government and PM heads the Departmen

Are you implying that rest of the anti-Modi folks wanted this mission to fail? That's somewhat sad. ISRO is funded by the Government and PM heads the Department of Sapce. So, what did you expect him to do? Nod off and go to sleep. It's actually good to have a PM who stands by country's scientists even at the time of failure(and not just at the time of success).

mayankkaizen 7y ago
No, I am not implying that. Read the GP comment. He was asking if that might be the case. You see PM standing by the ISRO (regardless of the outcome of mission) and I see a PM doing drama for PR exercise. Otherwise he doesn't care a bit about science or education. He doesn't even know the difference between Chandragupta Maurya and Chandragupta Vikramaditya. He thinks Takshashila was in Bihar. He has the audacity of telling a bogus "tea made from sewer gas" in IIT. He lied about his DU degree. He believes people in ancient times knew genetics because of how Karna was born (or some bullshit like that). He appointed Smriti Irani as HRD minister who has zero experience. She even claimed she is Yale educated. Modi's followers are hell-bent on revising the history. They have coined the terms like "urban Naxalite", "intellectual terrorists", "khan market gang" and countless other such terms. They are openly anti-secularism and muslim-haters. His followers openly threaten historians, intellectuals, social workers. Even Modi himself is accused of being responsible for murders of so many muslims. He favored Pragya Thakur who is accused of terrorist attack. She openly cursed Gandhi. I can go on and on but it is pointless. These might be casual things for you but not for everybody else. Your hero is demon for other. Your nationalist is fascist for other.
- sbmthakur 7y ago
  > You see PM standing by the ISRO (regardless of the outcome of mission) and I see a PM doing drama for PR exercise. Otherwise he doesn't care a bit about science or education. Okay. So for you, presence of the PM at an event(with significant probability of failure) which involved tremendous amount of nation's prowess(scientific as well as non-scientific) and that too by the department which directly falls under him is a PR exercise. Thanks for clarifying. Spared me reading rest of the irrelevant detail which probably has nothing to do with Space.
  - mav3rick 7y ago
    What else was it if not a PR exercise ? Was he helping mission control ? IMO leaders should let scientists focus in crunch time. He could have come one day later to give a speech or something.
    - sbmthakur 7y ago
      > What else was it if not a PR exercise ? He heads the Department of Space. That's good enough to justify his presence. > IMO leaders should let scientists focus in crunch time. Scientists were very much focussed from what I saw.
      - mav3rick 7y ago
        He heads the entire government. Doesn't mean he goes to every launch, announcement etc..
    - shripadk 7y ago
      > IMO leaders should let scientists focus in crunch time. What do you mean "focus"? The landing mission was not controlled by the scientists at all. The mission was taken over by the lander and was automated. The lander chose the landing spot and the trajectory. The scientists could do nothing but just monitor the data coming in. Modi being there or not being there would not have changed the outcome. So stop this canard. It is getting ridiculous now. And Modi's presence won't change anything. They have been working on this for 12 years. If you think Modi's presence would make a difference you are just insulting the Scientific minds that work in ISRO. He went there to support his team as he heads the Department of Space. A leader always is with his team during tough times. That is all there is to it. Trying to see political angle in everything has become a stupid habit of the left brigade and to such an extent that they do not care about the Country anymore.
      - mav3rick 7y ago
        Please stop calling anyone who doesn't agree with you "left" brigade and "anti national". It insults everyone's intelligence. You don't know me or my political views. You know my opinion on this issue, let's stick to debating that. Modi's presence sure wouldn't make the lander land better. What if there are key decisions that need to be taken in some missions, in an emergency, would you want politicians looking over their shoulder ? Modi could have gone a day later and given a raucous congratulatory speech or a motivating speech.
- shripadk 7y ago
  What a load of garbage. Seriously go consult some psychiatrist at the earliest.

mayankkaizen 7y ago

No, I am not implying that. Read the GP comment. He was asking if that might be the case. You see PM standing by the ISRO (regardless of the outcome of mission) and I see a PM doing drama for PR exercise. Otherwise he doesn't care a bit about science or education. He doesn't even know the difference between Chandragupta Maurya and Chandragupta Vikramaditya. He thinks Takshashila was in Bihar. He has the audacity of telling a bogus "tea made from sewer gas" in IIT. He lied about his DU degree. He believes people in ancient times knew genetics because of how Karna was born (or some bullshit like that). He appointed Smriti Irani as HRD minister who has zero experience. She even claimed she is Yale educated. Modi's followers are hell-bent on revising the history. They have coined the terms like "urban Naxalite", "intellectual terrorists", "khan market gang" and countless other such terms. They are openly anti-secularism and muslim-haters. His followers openly threaten historians, intellectuals, social workers. Even Modi himself is accused of being responsible for murders of so many muslims. He favored Pragya Thakur who is accused of terrorist attack. She openly cursed Gandhi. I can go on and on but it is pointless. These might be casual things for you but not for everybody else. Your hero is demon for other. Your nationalist is fascist for other.

sbmthakur 7y ago
> You see PM standing by the ISRO (regardless of the outcome of mission) and I see a PM doing drama for PR exercise. Otherwise he doesn't care a bit about science or education. Okay. So for you, presence of the PM at an event(with significant probability of failure) which involved tremendous amount of nation's prowess(scientific as well as non-scientific) and that too by the department which directly falls under him is a PR exercise. Thanks for clarifying. Spared me reading rest of the irrelevant detail which probably has nothing to do with Space.
- mav3rick 7y ago
  What else was it if not a PR exercise ? Was he helping mission control ? IMO leaders should let scientists focus in crunch time. He could have come one day later to give a speech or something.
  - sbmthakur 7y ago
    > What else was it if not a PR exercise ? He heads the Department of Space. That's good enough to justify his presence. > IMO leaders should let scientists focus in crunch time. Scientists were very much focussed from what I saw.
    - mav3rick 7y ago
      He heads the entire government. Doesn't mean he goes to every launch, announcement etc..
  - shripadk 7y ago
    > IMO leaders should let scientists focus in crunch time. What do you mean "focus"? The landing mission was not controlled by the scientists at all. The mission was taken over by the lander and was automated. The lander chose the landing spot and the trajectory. The scientists could do nothing but just monitor the data coming in. Modi being there or not being there would not have changed the outcome. So stop this canard. It is getting ridiculous now. And Modi's presence won't change anything. They have been working on this for 12 years. If you think Modi's presence would make a difference you are just insulting the Scientific minds that work in ISRO. He went there to support his team as he heads the Department of Space. A leader always is with his team during tough times. That is all there is to it. Trying to see political angle in everything has become a stupid habit of the left brigade and to such an extent that they do not care about the Country anymore.
    - mav3rick 7y ago
      Please stop calling anyone who doesn't agree with you "left" brigade and "anti national". It insults everyone's intelligence. You don't know me or my political views. You know my opinion on this issue, let's stick to debating that. Modi's presence sure wouldn't make the lander land better. What if there are key decisions that need to be taken in some missions, in an emergency, would you want politicians looking over their shoulder ? Modi could have gone a day later and given a raucous congratulatory speech or a motivating speech.
shripadk 7y ago
What a load of garbage. Seriously go consult some psychiatrist at the earliest.