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Is there any point in countries doing that alone, rather than global cooperation?
by Tichy 14y ago
Is there any point in countries doing that alone, rather than global cooperation?
- lignuist 14y agoClaiming property of whatever they find up there?
- objclxt 14y agoIndia has both signed and ratified the Outer Space Treaty, that prohibits countries from making territorial claims on celestial bodies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty
- lignuist 14y agoGood to know, thanks. BTW, I was not particularly referring to India, but to countries that simultaneously start such missions. It seems, Bhutan did not sign yet, so we can get nervous when they start a mission. ;)
- keyle 14y agoSticking a flag on a rock in space has the side-effect of changing how the the world perceives you...
- InclinedPlane 14y agoLess overhead, easier management, lower total budget. Unmanned Mars missions need not be terribly expensive, perhaps only a few tens of millions of dollars, depending on how it's built.
- rikacomet 14y agoWho said, ISRO's missions are completely cut off from the world, if you search a little, there is a lot more of cooperation in space fields today, than any other field.
- mturmon 14y agoThis is true. Here's the Chandrayaan-1 (earlier lunar satellite) payload: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-1#Payload http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-1#Payload It contained significant instruments from NASA and ESA. The instrument that discovered polar water was M3: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/details.php?id=5923 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/details.php?id=5923 I believe it was given a free ride by ISRO, but the instrument itself was paid for by NASA.