(ZeeNews.com) Implying that Chinese anti-satellite missile tests had no influence on India's space programme, President A P J Abdul Kalam has made it clear that New Delhi's space ambitions had no military interest.
"Indian space programme has no military interest," he said during a question-answer session at the International Space University here last night.
"It has been built to be locally relevant when globally challenging and its foundation is the quest of India and other space faring nations to use the collective wisdom of the humanity to solve the socio-economic problems of our society," he said.
Although this is a noble stance, India may have to reverse course on this decision once the moon begins to buzz with human activity. Despite our best wishes, humanity has never been known to ever visit a land without military escorts (during or after) and the Moon will probably be no exception.
India is currently seeking to expand its influence as an upcoming space power, as evidenced by its first successful rocket launch not too long ago. If any nation were to lead the way towards peaceful exploration, India would be the one to do it as it has yet to commit the cosmic sin of shattering a satellite in ones atmosphere.
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"India is currently seeking to expand its influence as an upcoming space power, as evidenced by its first successful rocket launch not too long ago."
ReplyDeleteThe link you have is for India's first commercial space launch. India had several successful rocket launches before. It was 11th for that particular rocket (PSLV) itself.