Certainly not. A few components, early on in ISROs history - sure. But not "most of it". Remember that India's foreign policy leaned towards the Soviets while being "non-aligned" officially, but neither did India have a Warsaw pact kind of treaty with them, nor was India ever communist, and the Soviets never fully trusted India. There was no way the Soviets would have given us full fledged space tech. From their perspective, there was no guarantee that in India's democratic model, the pro-capitalist opposition parties would not gain strength some day, making India move closer to the USA. In the eventuality of such an event, unlike East European countries, the Soviets, having no influence within India, would have been able to do nothing to prevent such a course of events.

Anyhow, this is irrelevant to the discussion here. I was just pointing out the stupidity of the grandparent post.

Then, you'll probably explain how India managed to launch 30+ rockets successfully in the past, and launched one rocket successfully to the moon as well?

See, this is what I detest about Americans. The sheer smugness, ignorance, arrogance and incredible lack of knowledge is mind boggling. We have all this careful "analysis" and "observation" in the parent's post, and I'll bet my ass that this chap didn't know anything about the past record of the Indian space program and simply jumped in to post an inane comment, assuming that "hey, it's Eeeendiaaa, them tech support guys, laaats of them can't speak proper English, so how can they launch rockets?" Disgusting.

And here comes the first moron with a call center joke. Well, some things never change...

Why terrorists? Why not China, for example? I think the grandparent made a lot of sense.

Err.. for that amount of Rs. 25K/mo (which is a fresher's salary btw), you can live an excellent life. Converting it to dollars is the most stupid thing one can do. Hope you know that. And by the way, if you have 5-6 years of experience you get around Rs. 75000 per month, and you can really live king-size. And oh, India does not have a 'National religion' fyi.

Someone MOD PARENT UP.

You're wrong about this. Madrassa education consists mainly of memorizing the Quran by rote with very limited exposure to modern science and technology. Young men who "graduate" out of Madrassas are unemployable, except as Imams in Mosques.

This, at least, isn't GoDaddy's fault. ICANN rules mandate that correct contact information must be provided in whois, failing which you lose your domain. There is an ongoing debate about whether demanding such information is fair, since the whois database can be accessed publicly, worldwide, free of charge. But till such time as the debate is ongoing, you've got to provide accurate info.

Er.. working Thorium reactors already exist here. Too lazy to post a link, but you'll find your answer in the very first google search result.

But Thorium can't be used for nuclear weapons! There is a seperate uranium-based nuclear weapons program, but in no way linked to Thorium reactors!

a) Just wait till we really begin to see peak oil (peak fossil fuel actually). In 10-15 years, a litre of Petrol will probably cost as much as an entire truck of petrol does today.

b) I'm extremely curious to know why you say that nuclear energy is "extremely polluting".

c) Thorium is not rare. Australia and India have huge deposits, enough to last more than 100 years, as do several other countries, even if you adjust for future growth patterns. Thorium based reactors are a reality - they are already operational in India, and larger ones are being designed. There is a discussion on this topic on this very same page.

Nope, oil is not likely to last longer. It's not just current consumption that matters, but the exponential growth of oil consumption. A few posts above this one, there's a good discussion about Thorium reactors. When I speak of nuclear, I refer to not just Uranium, but also Thorium. And if we crack fusion based power generation, we'll have an unlimited supply of energy. And that fusion breakthrough will come through only if more attention is given to nuclear power sources, thereby encouraging more research and more funding into this field. If we keep giving into people who protest against any form of nuclear energy due to some weird perception of 'safety issues' , we really can't make any progress.

Some people here are confusing 'global warming' and the 'green movement' with peak oil. You can argue all you want about whether global warming is really true or not, but Oil is limited, and we're running out fast. That is reality, face it.

The real enemies are those who scream bloody murder whenever the N-word is brought up. Mankind needs energy, and in the near future, our best and cleanest bet is nuclear power.