> the US doesn't have young girls whose job it it to collect other peoples faeces with their bare hands [1]. I would say a country that has that doesn't need a

> the US doesn't have young girls whose job it it to collect other peoples faeces with their bare hands [1]. I would say a country that has that doesn't need a Mars mission. This is primarily not an economic issue, it's a cultural one, a product of the millenia-old caste system. Watch this video[0] linked on GigaOM a few days ago[1], it explains the issue quite well (English hardsubs kick in at the 2 minute mark). Correcting it will take a lot more than money. 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OUoXsryE3c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OUoXsryE3c 1: http://gigaom.com/cloud/how-indias-favorite-tv-show-uses-data-to-change-the-world/ http://gigaom.com/cloud/how-indias-favorite-tv-show-uses-dat...