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The Launch pad of the India's first unmanned mission to the Moon Chandrayaan-1 is seen in Sriharikota, India, 07 October 2008.
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008

Open quoteIndia could be spending the money on getting clean drinking water to the poor. Instead it chooses to blast its way into a space race.Close quote

  • PRAFUL BIDWAI,
  • a fellow at the Transnational Institute think tank, on India's first unmanned space mission to the moon, scheduled to lift off in the early hours of Oct. 21
Photo: JAGADEESH NV / EPA | Source: The Guardian