Why India's Mars mission is so cheap – and thrilling

Re:Why India's Mars mission is so cheap – and thrilling by yummyfajitas on Thursday September 25, 2014 @11:06AM (#8367533)

But that's a wholly inappropriate analogy for this situation of expenditure going towards Indian scientists and technicians, because they were engaged in new and productive work...

You've completely ignored what Zizee said and substituted a different argument. Zizee said this:

Let's just forget for a moment that valuable skills and infrastructure are being created...

Zizee is claiming that even if the mars mission were useless (kind of like breaking/fixing windows) the project would be justified simply because salaries are being paid.

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Re:Why India's Mars mission is so cheap – and thrilling by anigbrowl on Thursday September 25, 2014 @03:38PM (#8369264)

'But even if the direct economic output of the craft itself is assumed to be zero, the development of the satellite manufacturing and launch capability, which is a net economic gain too, whereas the replacement of a broken window does not have any innovative component (since the prior existence of the window means the capability to make it already existed).'

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