Comments on: Indian space cooperation and missile proliferation http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/05/10/indian-space-cooperation-and-missile-proliferation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indian-space-cooperation-and-missile-proliferation Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: mikeL http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/05/10/indian-space-cooperation-and-missile-proliferation/#comment-7851 Thu, 11 May 2006 10:40:06 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=972#comment-7851 My main thesis is that the US (first and foremost, the taxpayer such as me for example) is being taken for a ride left and right, as the politicos search desperately for ‘allies’ all over the globe (Did you see how the latest row over the Yuan dumping with the commie China ended? The US gubment took it up the a…)

]]> By: mikeL http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/05/10/indian-space-cooperation-and-missile-proliferation/#comment-7850 Thu, 11 May 2006 10:29:28 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=972#comment-7850 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1524484.cms

“…If NASA and ISRO can work together the former could outsource future projects to the latter. ”

LOL, this rhymes with the sentiment I’ve heard from the Indians I’ve worked with. The only draw to the “mutually beneficial cooperation with the US” for India is, and I quote: “to get more of the US outsourcing pie” , well that, and the technologies that they pay nothing for in terms of research time or expense. Great deal for the US taxpayer!

]]> By: Dwayne A. Day http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/05/10/indian-space-cooperation-and-missile-proliferation/#comment-7849 Thu, 11 May 2006 03:37:49 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=972#comment-7849 It is a dumb claim to make and the writer demonstrates his ignorance of the issues. I like the claim that the Indians could build missiles to reach the United States. But isn’t India an ally? Yes. So why is that a worry?

However, the mission does raise an interesting question (well, interesting to me, anyway): one of the NASA instruments to be carried on the Indian spacecraft is a mini-SAR radar ostensibly designed with the assistance and cooperation of the National Reconnaissance Office. So how do they get around ITAR restrictions? This is a satellite technology with military applications.

]]> By: Donald F. Robertson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/05/10/indian-space-cooperation-and-missile-proliferation/#comment-7848 Wed, 10 May 2006 17:46:44 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=972#comment-7848 I agree with Jeff. This is rediculous. If Indian launch vehicles are an issue, the cat is long since out of the bag. Since they are a democracy, we have no business attempting to deny Indian asperations in space even if we could; we should be treating them more-or-less as an equal, like we do Britain or Canada.

— Donald

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