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HungryHungryHippoes9 t1_ixlxkfx wrote

Reply to comment by shugerdaddy 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's space program is actually profitable, employs thousands of people from highly educated engineers, to low level welders and sweepers. It helps to lessen the brain drain that's happening in other sectors and it's saved thousands of Indian lives from natural disasters.

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