Why do poor people send children to school? Could they not spend just on food and
essential items alone? Why do they invest in children “so early” when they are not going to
get to work for a decade or more?
You cannot get to tomorrow by just doing things that keep you sustained for today. Unless
you invest in tomorrow you are going to be stuck in the vicious cycle of poverty.
What India spends in space is a very small fraction of what India spends in social welfare
programs. Even if you completely close down the space program it is not going to make a
big change in our welfare programs.
Thus, India has to invest in today [food security, healthcare] and tomorrow [space, energy].
And the hope of a better tomorrow will propel us forward today.
And the space technology is already paying off quite well as ISRO is making money
launching satellites of other countries and also benefiting our defense and other ministries.
India is not a poor country. It is just a rich country that has gone through a temporary state
of poverty and is getting out of it.
I completely believe that India should continue investing since the space station is also
sponsoring many different companies to take care of wellbeing problems around the
country, such as pollution,poverty, etc. As mentioned before, India spends very little in space
but receives an abundant amount of resources. For example, new satellites in india can now
detect poverty in rural areas and hence come up with better solutions to stop them.