UR Rao

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

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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?…

An identity for ISRO through a space agreement it may or may not sign

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ISRO will have to take a call about whether it still thinks of itself as vulnerable to getting “priced out” of the world market for commercial satellite launches or is now mature enough to play hardball with the US.…