This won’t end well…

Not because of Linux or Windows, but because India’s government is one of the most corrupt in the world, and everyone is just going to get bribed into saying “this is great” and it’ll get implemented without any flaws being addressed

India’s space program is doing more than fine.

Not really…

They use the same propaganda tactics as Russia. No matter what the result is or what they said before any mission starts, they declare everything means they succeded and that their now a world super power.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission

Exactly.

Thanks for the example!

They didn’t accomplish their main goals or any research they said they’d do. But because it continued to orbit for longer than the mission (that failed) would have taken… They celebrate as a success and “proof” that theyre a world power.

I really don’t think you meant to, but this is exactly what I was talking about.

TFA says India was the first nation to achieve Mars orbit on the first attempt. Standing on the shoulders of giants, and all, but still… that’s surely an exceptional feat?

Is it better to set the bar high and fail to achieve every goal, or set the bar low and achieve less, but be able to claim 100% success?

I dunno, man… I kinda feel like putting something in Mars orbit on your first try deserves some respect and recognition.

TFA says India was the first nation to achieve Mars orbit on the first attempt

It’s not a question of if anyone could tho, it’s a question of why would anyone waste all that money for basically just PR…

To my knowledge no one has taken money from their starving citizens so they can light a billion dollars on fire. I still wouldn’t be impressed if someone did it, even if they get to tell “first!” after it.

why would anyone waste all that money for basically just PR…

It’s not just PR. Developing the engineering capability to reach Mars is a goal of its own. There are not many nations that can achieve that.