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The overlay bias

Dec 14, 2020 3 min read

I'm not very fond of some highly popular pieces of writing (I won't name them because I'm nervous about backlash from authors and/or their supporters) because a part of their popularity is…

Is it so blasphemous to think ISRO ought not to be compared to other space agencies?

Feb 19, 2017 6 min read

Uncategorized Antrix Ariane 5 Arianespace Brahm Prakash Falcon 9 Falcon Heavy geostationary transfer orbit GSAT GSLV INSAT ISRO low-Earth orbit medium-lift launch vehicle Merlin 1D NYT PSLV reusable launch vehicle Roscosmos SCE-200 SpaceX Sun-synchronous orbit telecommunication satellites TOI UR Rao

Is it so hard to consider the possibility that we might get a better sense of ISRO's activities if we did not keep comparing it to those of other space agencies?…