Years ago, kings battled, in land, for fame. As the time passed by the mode of battle changed. It is no longer a battle of blood and life, rather it is from on field battle to sports field battle, from currency power to oil power. But the motto of the battle, fame, has not changed and I presume that it will not change any time sooner. The latest addition to battle mode is the space war, which was dominated by the Americans and the Russians, in 20th century. USA’s NASA had been the commanding authority to whatever happens in space. They dominated such that all the space findings were patented to their name and the rest of the world followed them.
We are not sure whether the 21st century is going to be same as 20th century, but in space research it is not going be. With just about 8 years passed in the century, we have already started to witness a shift in power in this area. Yes, the power shift is from USA and Russia to China and India. With China moving towards building more powerful satellites and allocating more funds to their space research and India’s successful satellite upgrades and moon mission, one can certainly say that the space war’s gravity is on India and China.
World’s strongest belief, one of the driest component of the universe is moon, was proved wrong by the India’s maiden moon mission Chandrayan-I. Chandrayan-I’s finding of water molecules in moon has shocked pioneer astronauts and the space dominants. Months ago when world, local media and critics criticised ISRO, when they announced that Chandrayan-I stopped functioning in space. Now the same set of people is praising the same team for their marvellous findings. This finding has not only got fame to India’s space department but also sent a strong signal to the world that in the race to next super power, India is on par with China in space department too, which is offcourse a bad signal to China.
With growing tension in Indo-china border and in political wing of both countries, experts see this as a major heap to India. As a normal Indian, it is a matter of pride to for us too. Now that the world has turned towards us with this, we should capitalise the opportunity and grow as much as we can to make this 21st century not American’s or Russian’s or Chinese’s rather it is of Indian’s. For this not only the Indian government but also the Indians has to work harder. After all, the path to glory is not easy. In this battle for fame, no matter whether we win or lose, I think the activities done by the rulers should be in such a way that it benefits the common man and improves his living standard.
As we slowly march towards into the 21st century, let us hope that we Indians will get a time to proudly say “I belong to a developed country”.
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We are not sure whether the 21st century is going to be same as 20th century, but in space research it is not going be. With just about 8 years passed in the century, we have already started to witness a shift in power in this area. Yes, the power shift is from USA and Russia to China and India. With China moving towards building more powerful satellites and allocating more funds to their space research and India’s successful satellite upgrades and moon mission, one can certainly say that the space war’s gravity is on India and China.
World’s strongest belief, one of the driest component of the universe is moon, was proved wrong by the India’s maiden moon mission Chandrayan-I. Chandrayan-I’s finding of water molecules in moon has shocked pioneer astronauts and the space dominants. Months ago when world, local media and critics criticised ISRO, when they announced that Chandrayan-I stopped functioning in space. Now the same set of people is praising the same team for their marvellous findings. This finding has not only got fame to India’s space department but also sent a strong signal to the world that in the race to next super power, India is on par with China in space department too, which is offcourse a bad signal to China.
With growing tension in Indo-china border and in political wing of both countries, experts see this as a major heap to India. As a normal Indian, it is a matter of pride to for us too. Now that the world has turned towards us with this, we should capitalise the opportunity and grow as much as we can to make this 21st century not American’s or Russian’s or Chinese’s rather it is of Indian’s. For this not only the Indian government but also the Indians has to work harder. After all, the path to glory is not easy. In this battle for fame, no matter whether we win or lose, I think the activities done by the rulers should be in such a way that it benefits the common man and improves his living standard.
As we slowly march towards into the 21st century, let us hope that we Indians will get a time to proudly say “I belong to a developed country”.
yes angu, the space is one of the better playing grounds to show the power of any country and we are surely marching fast in the space race. i am sure ISRO will delight us with more achievements.
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