> India is struggling with implementing solutions to issues that appear to be more-or-less solved for other countries; such as a working road network, public tr

> India is struggling with implementing solutions to issues that appear to be more-or-less solved for other countries; such as a working road network, public transport in most cities, picking up and distributing food harvests and a 24-hour supply of electricity. If a mission to Mars might provide fundamental insights into solving such issues, other countries seem not to have needed them. Right, because the other nations sending probes into space solved all of their other problems first... I could come up with a million reasons why government money spent on space research is a bad idea, but the reasons you gave aren't on the list.