Electoral Bonds and the Make-Believe Idealist World
Electoral Bonds were brought in for reforming political funding. It wasn't perfect, but the judiciary brought it down for being less than perfect. What is going on?
Chandrayaan-1 – the Indian moon mission is now orbiting the moon. It is as shoe string as it possibly gets! Here is some perspective:
Total cost: Rs 380 crores (USD 76 million)
Airbus 380 developmental cost: USD 15 billion
One Boeing 737-600 (the cheapest one) costs: USD 50 million
Cost for right of Indian Premier league paid by Sony Entertainment: 10 times the Chandrayaan-1 price.
The team at ISRO did not cut corners. They just optimized stuff. The tests that Americans would do six times, ISRO did 3 times.
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