Re:Reaching the Moon while milllions go Hungry (Score 2, Interesting)

But also take into account that the cost of the mission is a really tiny fraction of what the Indian Government spends on Poverty Alleviation programs. Also, ISRO's programs have also had an enormous role to play in some of these objectives, specially by providing weather forecasting and communication facilities. In other words, any criticism of India's space program on the basis of its other economic or social problems does not seem to hold water.