Are you implying that rest of the anti-Modi folks wanted this mission to fail? That's somewhat sad.
ISRO is funded by the Government and PM heads the Department of Sapce. So, what did you expect him to do? Nod off and go to sleep. It's actually good to have a PM who stands by country's scientists even at the time of failure(and not just at the time of success).
> You see PM standing by the ISRO (regardless of the outcome of mission) and I see a PM doing drama for PR exercise. Otherwise he doesn't care a bit about science or education.
Okay. So for you, presence of the PM at an event(with significant probability of failure) which involved tremendous amount of nation's prowess(scientific as well as non-scientific) and that too by the department which directly falls under him is a PR exercise.
Thanks for clarifying. Spared me reading rest of the irrelevant detail which probably has nothing to do with Space.
What else was it if not a PR exercise ? Was he helping mission control ? IMO leaders should let scientists focus in crunch time. He could have come one day later to give a speech or something.
> IMO leaders should let scientists focus in crunch time.
What do you mean "focus"? The landing mission was not controlled by the scientists at all. The mission was taken over by the lander and was automated. The lander chose the landing spot and the trajectory. The scientists could do nothing but just monitor the data coming in. Modi being there or not being there would not have changed the outcome. So stop this canard. It is getting ridiculous now.
And Modi's presence won't change anything. They have been working on this for 12 years. If you think Modi's presence would make a difference you are just insulting the Scientific minds that work in ISRO. He went there to support his team as he heads the Department of Space. A leader always is with his team during tough times. That is all there is to it. Trying to see political angle in everything has become a stupid habit of the left brigade and to such an extent that they do not care about the Country anymore.
Please stop calling anyone who doesn't agree with you "left" brigade and "anti national". It insults everyone's intelligence. You don't know me or my political views. You know my opinion on this issue, let's stick to debating that.
Modi's presence sure wouldn't make the lander land better. What if there are key decisions that need to be taken in some missions, in an emergency, would you want politicians looking over their shoulder ? Modi could have gone a day later and given a raucous congratulatory speech or a motivating speech.
> Modi could have gone a day later and given a raucous congratulatory speech or a motivating speech.
That's not how it works. He had to attend some keys events in Maharashtra in official capacity for the rest of the day. He can't just drop in at any time even as a PM.
> Modi's presence sure wouldn't make the lander land better. What if there are key decisions that need to be taken in some missions, in an emergency, would you want politicians looking over their shoulder ? Modi could have gone a day later and given a raucous congratulatory speech or a motivating speech.
There are no key decisions as there is no realtime communication. As simple as that. There is a huge delay between when the signal is emitted from the lander and the time it takes to reach the ground station. That process cannot be sped up, emergency or not. Instead of all this whataboutery why not just take some time and read up on the actual facts? What is this nonsense about politicians looking over their shoulder? Modi is a respected man in ISRO. And this isn't the first time Modi visited ISTRAC during a launch or an important mission. Nor is he the first Prime Minister to do so. Manmohan Singh also visited ISRO during important launch missions. Heck the entire Department comes under the Prime Minister. So I don't see what all this fuss is about unless it is a hatred for Modi which has no cure! And are Scientists going to be affected by the presence of the Prime Minister and not the entire Leftist International press (Specifically BBC, New York Times, Washington Post and the other usual leftist outlets) that has written nothing but garbage about Indian Space Program and how it is not worth it when India has to still tackle poverty? Isn't that greater pressure than the presence of the PM who has nothing but been supportive of ISRO whether it be success or failure? If I were an ISRO scientist I would be more worried about leftist Western Media breathing down my neck hoping against hope that we screw up so they can write more articles about how India lacks toilets and basic infrastructure and post images of slums rather than be worried about a Prime Minister who has never been bad to me in any shape or form. A PM who got many scientific projects that were stuck in limbo for over a decade in an endless loop of official approvals out so I could work on them. I would be scared of this supportive PM and not the negative press? Really?
If I were you, I would have called for removal of the leftist International Press that dared to insult ISRO and its Scientists and still gets an opportunity to sit in ISTRAC and watch the entire Mission. But nope. Target the Prime Minister because all he did was to go and give some encouragement. He is a softer target because he is used to taking insults all the time. And you know who insulted ISRO scientists after the launch? It was a journalist from a leftist news organization called NDTV: Pallava Bagla [1]. Is this the way to behave with a Scientist? Modi had to go back again to console the Scientists and the Chairman who was in tears [2]. Absolutely shameless and disgusting.
> Please stop calling anyone who doesn't agree with you "left" brigade and "anti national". It insults everyone's intelligence. You don't know me or my political views. You know my opinion on this issue, let's stick to debating that.
Because you are insulting everyones intelligence here by stating that Modi's presence will somehow affect Scientists working on the Mission. Mine is more saner, realistic and grounded in facts compared to yours. And yes you belong to the leftist brigade. There is now no doubt about that. The more and more you try to argue your non-existent point the more evident it becomes. That is how all frustrated leftists behave. Somehow try to stick their own fallacious assumptions on Modi and hope it will stick. It is a vicious spiral. Once you start hating someone you try finding everything that can justify that hatred. Even if that something is extremely irrational. Imagine if the person sitting there wasn't Modi and it was someone else you like. Would that have changed the outcome of the Mission? Nope. Would the Scientists have felt any pressure? Nope. There you have your answer.
ISRO is funded by the Government and PM heads the Department of Sapce. So, what did you expect him to do? Nod off and go to sleep. It's actually good to have a PM who stands by country's scientists even at the time of failure(and not just at the time of success).