CrAzY_cOdeR4 OP t1_ixloo13 wrote
Reply to comment by patmartone in TIL This is Rakesh Sharma. Alive and well, He was the first Indian to go to space in 1984, making India the 14th nation in the world to send a man to Outer Space. by CrAzY_cOdeR4
India was never in the race.. It was a race only for those who participated in the 'cold war'. Indians were neutral like the swiss in the WW2 and Cold war. India had just got its independence from the Brits in 1947. In 30 years India developed its whole space agency 'ISRO' from then it has been making innovations. Like successfully sending a satellite to Mars in the very first attempt.
sdagenham t1_ixm1646 wrote
It was a race between countries that actually developed the technology (United States and Soviet Union). India contributed nothing to the tech that actually got Rakesh Sharma into space since he flew on a Soviet rocket.
CrAzY_cOdeR4 OP t1_ixm1ulm wrote
Chill out bro the post is not at all about that
JacobGouchi t1_ixm80tt wrote
It is this child’s mission today to try and correct something that doesn’t need to be corrected lol
CrAzY_cOdeR4 OP t1_ixm9giq wrote
Lmao
coredump3d t1_ixpfki5 wrote
Technically Indian poster hasn't said wrong. Japanese space program is advanced but we also send our people on NASA rockets
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