India: Poverty vs. Space Exploration

Here's an interesting 4 minute audio segment from NPR about India's launching of the nation's first unmanned lunar probe space mission, and some discussion in this second largest nation in the world about the possibilities this might bring, but also the domestic needs and prevalent poverty in light of the costs of such ventures.

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