The Real Space Race Is In Asia

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  Posted By: sdjog @ 10/15/2008 1:59:39 AM

  The competitive marketplace of people and knowledge industries
  
  matters only for a minuscule minority. Astrophysics???d advertise and
  
  establish credentials of merely of India???s S&T elite -for tenured jobs in
  
  US. It is as irrelevant to India as IT. Vaccines that could benefit the
  
  poor languish when we pursue (scientists???) prestige and impose their (e.g.
  
  moon) dreams on a country where a third of the world???s poor live. Where
  
  the public sector continues to thrive, claims of utility are misleading.
  
  If (moon) resource mapping did hold promise, rich countries wouldn???t be
  
  beaten while standing still. Such missions are promoted by the
  
  irresponsible and should be cause for worry.
  
  Sharadchandra D Jog, Mumbai
  

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  Posted By: iewgnem @ 10/12/2008 9:09:31 AM

  In Canada, half of all aerospace engineering graduates are Chinese, in the US, Chinese and Indian engineers represent a disproportional share of elite academic and research institutions. The importance on education in these culture is why they will catch up a lot sooner than you think.

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  Posted By: iewgnem @ 10/12/2008 9:09:20 AM

  In Canada, half of all aerospace engineering graduates are Chinese, in the US, Chinese and Indian engineers represent a disproportional share of elite academic and research institutions. The importance on education in these culture is why they will catch up a lot sooner than you think.