{"id":257706,"date":"2023-08-28T20:01:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=257706"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:19:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T05:49:12","slug":"the-importance-of-states-in-space-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-importance-of-states-in-space-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of states in space missions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201c<strong>The importance of states in space missions<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 28th August 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus:<\/strong> GS3- Awareness in the fields of Space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The article talks about how countries with fewer resources have achieved big space milestones. It highlights the importance of people, government help, and teamwork between public and private sectors.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How have countries with limited resources achieved significant space milestones?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Human Resources:<\/strong> Countries like China, India, and Russia emphasized science and technology education. Large populations meant more potential scientists and engineers. Like, China filed the most patents globally in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prioritizing Science:<\/strong> These countries prioritized science and technology post-war or post-colonial. For instances, China, Russia, and India laid a lot of importance on science and technology in their post-war\/post-colonial development trajectory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Role:<\/strong> An active state plays a crucial part in space exploration. Though the private space industry is growing, it is still only governments that have enabled spacecrafts to land on the moon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaboration Model:<\/strong> In 2022, the head of the Emirates Mars Mission, Omran Sharif, stressed the importance of the \u201ctriple helix model\u201d, where the government, the private sector, and academics worked together<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost Efficiency:<\/strong> Achieving goals at a lower cost can attract global attention and business. For example,\u00a0 ISRO&#8217;s ability to launch satellites at low costs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Partnerships:<\/strong> Collaborating with other countries can bridge resource gaps. Like, UAE launched its Mars probe with Japan&#8217;s help.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the major criticisms of the space program?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Resource Diversion:<\/strong> Concerns arise that developing economies divert valuable resources from pressing developmental needs to space programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Developmental Needs:<\/strong> Critics argue that issues like poverty should be prioritized over ambitious space missions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selective Criticism:<\/strong> The objections seem directed mostly at developing economies, implying developed nations have no pressing internal issues.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What should be done?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>State-Market Partnership<\/strong>: Foster true collaboration between the state and private sectors to drive innovation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harness Knowledge:<\/strong> Utilize insights from space missions to contribute to human progress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inclusive Governance:<\/strong> Establish an inclusive and secular state focused on genuine human development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cThe importance of states in space missions\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 28th August 2023. Syllabus: GS3- Awareness in the fields of Space. News: The article talks about how countries with fewer resources have achieved big space milestones. It highlights the importance of people, government help, and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-importance-of-states-in-space-missions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The importance of states in space missions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,242],"class_list":["post-257706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-science-and-technology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}