* Astronomy

India nowhere near sending a human to space, China much ahead: NASA geologist Amitabha Ghosh

India is at a very interesting crossroads in space. Space is bipartisan. Everybody supports it, the BJP, the Congress, the public. Nobody is opposed to it. Chandrayaan was almost a matter of national pride. It's similar to the US space scene in the 1960s and the 1970s. ISRO's budget too has gone by almost seven times in the last few decades. And India has the public and political mandate to move ahead. But it does not yet have the technology heritage; this is something it has to build. For instance, it is nowhere near sending a human to space like say, China which is much ahead and has already sent a human to space.
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