reach out for the stars and reach the moon instead !! - part 2 (could'nt resist!)

In response to the comment of my previous post..this is part 2 !

that (the comment) was indeed a good one......but having said that, i still think i have few points to cover and yes, the underlying reason is far more complex for us to decipher...we can perhaps try for want of doing-something or to keep the debate going...and also it gives me a chance to do so, since a lot of times we can afford to wallow but not do anything more..... so here goes...

and yes there are flip sides to this mission etc....as to why it is great and all that and by saying that it is not justified and arguing that we are a poverty stricken country and we might need the Rs 350 crores for better things and repairing roads and what not....which is what i had opined in the post...and i think it is a problem of perception that we are facing here; and why i don't/ cant seem to agree is because i cannot bring myself to applaud the mission for the simple fact that the results (after the sucess of the mission)are not visible to me (directly or otherwise); i mean i am looking at it, the mission to be at the cost of the socio-economic advancement of a poverty stricken country....simple.

Then again on the other hand i am going to confute my own stand by saying that yes perhaps grassroot level problems need to be addressed/are being addressed and yes, as a nation we have earned accolades for the feat and i am not trying to lambaste them; perhaps good research is a growing symtom of a developing country like ours.
What is ultimately required is to change the mentality of the people....at the end of the day; good education etc and problems of the increasing population where the "poor" are increasing in number, by virtue of reproduction and otherwise. For eg: If we had not progressed in the IT sector, we wouldnt be the land of outsourcing and perhaps various other things would be at a primitive level (im just touching upon random egs here) . Just like saying, lets not have internet just cause people elsewhere (in the country) cannot eat or something like that ..im sure America also has its share of poor-people, where people die on the road out of frost bite..but it is a difference in degree perhaps and grass root problems are present in every country, developing or otherwise. I can keep arguing, but at the end of the day the point remains that we are not living in the stone age any more...guess this is how it has made people wish for the stars!! this is how a nation progresses ....so fine....go ahead....land on the moon!! im fine at home (on earth, ie. not literally ya!!)

reach out for the stars and reach the moon instead!

i know i might get mixed reviews for this one...but i do not think i support the fact that the unmanned mission to outerspace, from India, the Chandrayaan has had a successful attempt to cross-over and reach the moon..Call it a cliche or whatever...i know it is a brilliant feat..and loads of applause for it but at the same time i find it an absolute fallacy to be doing this, at a time when there are lakhs of people in India wanting to survive on more than just a one meal per day basis.Recession has set in...prices are soaring;Yes, it is a huge cliche but hey we are all struggling to survive: people are struggling below the poverty line, there are millions who need a house over their heads and are floating away in floods...and dude...what are we doing? we are reaching out to the stars and crossing over to reach the moon instead...!

what is the point? and for once i really want to hear things other than just the fact that we are trying to pave the way for further missions and launches and we are trying to map the surface of the moon and we might just be staying their in the next couple of hundred years and that,it is India's first attempt...so let the world applaud...what else besides this?

Besides this, what irritates the living daylight out of me is that the total cost is estimated at around Rs 350 crores...do you know how much money is that!!jeezz...tell you what, just give me a 0.005% of what you guys spend for the expedition..i need to get my business rolling!! I am selfish so can i please get some money...

Please feel free to criticize.