What are the geopolitical implications of India's success in space? | DW News

India has launched its first space mission to study the sun. The Aditya L1 spacecraft will travel to the outermost part of the sun's orbit. Its aim is to record data that will help scientists to understand how massive explosions of solar gases happen, and and how they impact the Earth. The mission is due to take around 5 years.
That means India's last two space missions have been successful. Both missions are different, technically difficult missions. Do they proove that India is now among the leaders in space exploration?
Both China and India are rising military and economic powers. They regularly clash on their shared border, and both countries have very ambitious space programs. Will this rivalry in space change their relationship on the ground?
Some discoveries in space affect the way we live on earth, but how much of space exploration is really about politics, bravado and flexing on the world stage?

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[amitpatilamit]

China doesn't openly share its data with other space agencies, India does. For India, it's not really a race. It's a way to keep improving ourselves and help others with our learnings. So let's not try to push India in this so-called space race.

[Allegro_Giusto]

A win for science either way. Fantastic work India! From the UK

[deepsince]

I am an Indian, ..And I can assure you that we are not in a race with anyone but just trying to explore space for better opportunity for human beings.

[thechrisandphaedrusshow]

India is crushing it in the space sector!!! Congratulations India!! From CA!!

[marshal]

Space programs are highly complex and complicated
...any nation wishing to make it in space, you need to allow time for your own people to work things out first, then launch time happens. Congrats India 🇮🇳

[brll]

This isn't a zero sum game. It's not as if one country getting to the moon somehow means others can't. For the space race, the more competition, the better for us all. Invite India into more collaborative projects!

[B.K.]

India's space missions truly supported for Humanity

[NRV]

ISRO is an Open platform for everyone's, ISRO shares everything with Everyone's,
Good Job India
Good job ISRO
Good job Govt of india

[pmm]

India is an ancient civilization that had to eclipse under colonial rule, now overcoming the colonial impact gradually. India is a victim of geopolitics as any other colonized nation, now it started coming up overcoming its past showing its way to other colonized & dominated nations.

[ShivamSharma-rrtr]

To western media one thing we Indians want to say that we are not in a race with anyone, we just want to explore and learn things with whatever limited resource we have . NASA has achieved mind boggling feat and we Indians respect that and we also want to achieve . Space program also helps in uplifting moral of the nation, people think that if ISRO can do that we common people can also do .

[ska]

ISRO s' funding is much lesser than most space agencies. So imagine the extent they would have gone with a heavy budget

[someguy]

As an American I'm happy for India to join in exploring space and don't feel threatened by them or even China really. I think we can learn together and make money together on the moon. It's exciting to me and I hope we do more as well. As for Russia they're clearly no threat to us either

[oyehoyemon]

Where's Charu? He's India's premier DW space expert xD

Good to know DW is reaching out to more Indians to learn about the country instead os stayinf in it's own bubble

[blknowledge]

Congratulations team ISRO for Aditya -L-1 Mission success 💐💐

[Discovery]

ISRO❤ The most efficient space organisation on Earth 🌏

[prilep]

Space race more majestic then Arms race. Hat down to Indian space program

[non_done]

Where is charu 🥺🥺🥺 why isnt THE EXPERT on India not giving any comments on indian space exploration..

[kushagra]

One thing i can vouch for my country that its each success will and never have been a threat to any nation, neither India do things to race with someone

[Kanthavel.KV.Chennai.Bharat]

Space is always a vantage point to monitor planet earth and adversary countries in it.

[pikachue]

Where's our all rounder CHARU, did he skipped aero space science? Or giving the chances to others huh! ? How generous😂😂😅