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Re:India Loses Contact with Probe Just as It Prepares to Lan... by sbmthakur on Saturday September 07, 2019 @02:00PM (#20905433)
> What else was it if not a PR exercise ?

He heads the Department of Space. That's good enough to justify his presence.

> IMO leaders should let scientists focus in crunch time.

Scientists were very much focussed from what I saw.

Re:India Loses Contact with Probe Just as It Prepares to Lan... by mav3rick on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:00PM (#20907551)
He heads the entire government. Doesn't mean he goes to every launch, announcement etc..