this country has no business going to space, the poor terrible state its in.

Cool. Most people don't give a shit who goes into space because it's not like any of us will.

The 14th nation to send a person into space out of how many?

Edit: to date

At the time? 14.

14th? Not exactly a space race. More like a space jog.

When does space get the "outer" title?

Is there a certain distance where "space" becomes "outer space?"

India was never in the race.. It was a race only for those who participated in the 'cold war'. Indians were neutral like the swiss in the WW2 and Cold war. India had just got its independence from the Brits in 1947. In 30 years India developed its whole space agency 'ISRO' from then it has been making innovations. Like successfully sending a satellite to Mars in the very first attempt.

The terrible state is because of the men in power. First the Brits and now the capitalists. There's no shortage of resources, talent and hard workers in India.

Pretty much all the Independent nations were trying to develop their space agencies that time.

I agree mate its always the power hungry wealth hungry that need the masses enslaved so their wealth and power can grow

In theory the space begins roughly after 80km(50 miles) from the sea level. The imaginative boundary that separates the space is known as Kàrmàn line. And broadly, outer space begins where the atmosphere alone is not enough to support a flying vessel at suborbital speeds.

Alive and well? Is there a conspiracy that he's actually dead?

Yes people think he's dead but the gov never disclosed it to the public.

Yes the same happened with India, the rich got richer and the poor got poorer/or died. For example, I don't know if you know or not about Gautam Adani, the 3rd richest man right now. His wealth grew by 67% in the last year whereas Elon Musk's growth was around 40%.

India's space program is actually profitable, employs thousands of people from highly educated engineers, to low level welders and sweepers. It helps to lessen the brain drain that's happening in other sectors and it's saved thousands of Indian lives from natural disasters.

Sure. Bolivia, Luxemburg, Ghana... All the "Independent nations" were trying to develop their "space agencies" that time.

> In 1984, Sharma became the first Indian citizen to enter space when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic on 3 April 1984.

India didn't send anyone into space. Soviet Union did.

The post is about the first Indian... grow up

It was a race between countries that actually developed the technology (United States and Soviet Union). India contributed nothing to the tech that actually got Rakesh Sharma into space since he flew on a Soviet rocket.

The post is about the first Indian for whom the Indian government bought a ticket on a Soviet rocket.

Chill out bro the post is not at all about that

Yes.. the first Indian to go to space.. lol pretty easy concept to understand. Not sure if you’re that ignorant or if you’re just trying to be a dick, but you’re coming across as both in this instance.

It is this child’s mission today to try and correct something that doesn’t need to be corrected lol

Lmao

1984, a terrible time in India. The sikh genocide took place and my grandparents luckily were okay.

Yeah bro RIP to Martyrs.. Good for you your grandparents were okay.

Thank you bro, Parnam shaheed nu 🙏

Aah thank you! I knew the indians wouldnt know how lmao

Yea i know. Theyre all the same filthy people. Making money off the hard working poor folk.

I dont understand why indians dont rise up to their own govmnt. Making billion dollar parlaiment buildings, space programs etc and cant even fix its own country ffs

Ontop of that theyre getting away with not paying for carbon use cos they still deemed as "developing country" so they have no business playing with space and sea crap. Fix the in home problems!

But nooooooo soooo much pride and ego in all of the eastern african places its disgusting no wonder they never move up in the world.

Alive and well? At the time? Or now?

The title directly states that India is the 14th country to send a man to space. He's pointing out this statement is false, because India did not send the man to space.

This has to do with the second claim in the title, not the first, nobody is disagreeing that he is the first Indian to go to space.

And no, pointing out misinformation on an educational subreddit is neither being a dick nor is it ignorant.

Wow didn’t know y’all were so racist

Isn't "nation" usually used to indicate the population, whereas "country" is for the political entity only? If that's the case, title isn't false at all.

it was Russian people who sent him to space, in a program created by the Russian government. So both nation and country would be wrong.

Well this post took a left turn.

Well I might...

Gotta expose the Indian government lol. They also have a UK sikh reporter that they have been torturing for 1000 days because he exposed more facts about the genocide.

Lol what? There’s only a certain amount of countries that can launch into space. Hell, before SpaceX, the US was using Soyuz too. You’re just kind of a jackass aren’t ya.

You're down voted because you're right

Technically Indian poster hasn't said wrong. Japanese space program is advanced but we also send our people on NASA rockets

I don't believe 14 Nations have launched people into space. Is the original post supposed to say the 14th nationality to go to space?