Could someone enlighten me,please??

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Hello everybody,

When I read the staggering cost, ISRO spends each yr, on laucnhing, Unmanned

missions, to places, like the Moon..and other planets etc..and do umpteen

research using the Lunar Probes etc,to try and find out,if there is WATER and

Sustainable Life Form, on these planets,....I begin to wonder,

What r such projects aimed at?

Meaning,what would we end up,discovering ,if Water is indeed,If present ,on

Moon?

Certainly,we shall not be trying to Pump it,back to Earth, to solve our Planet's

Water-Problems,for sure, I guess.

And by finding any Life Form,I am certain,they won't be asking Humans to go and

Live up,there in that extremely hostile,rarefied atmosphere.

So,why all the useless money spent on such researches?

Launching satellites to monitor weather ,for better Communication setups,etc is

all OK,as part of the Space projects,but I don't understand any benefits from

such Moon Missions(Maybe, I am missing their viewpoint)..

Could that money, not have been spent..to,tap the Water resources on Earth,do

Water Harvesting,..build Hospitals,take concrete steps in Eradicating India's

dismal poverty etc?,is my question, to this learned members out here,who wish to

kindly enlighten me...

Bye

Shyam(84)

MGIMS and Me

To: mgims

Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 9:23 PM

I saw Nitin Gagne’s appeal to the alumni of MGIMS for a feedback and their

biodata. The form has a few questions which I am incapable of answering. Please

do not attribute this inability to some deficit in my comprehension. There is a

reason for my difficulty in providing any worthwhile personal information. This

reason will surely appear untenable to many of you. I remember my days at MGIMS

with mixed feelings. Even now I struggle to figure out what I did there.

I had gone to MGIMS with an impeccable academic record. Things changed

dramatically–and drastically–after I reached Sewagram. I suffered from

almost total lack of interest in studies. There were too many other things that

crammed my mind. I had friends who shared my interests. There was Naval Bhatia

for general gup-shup. We had endless bakwaas with Daljeet Sandhu. Ajit Saste’s

extreme love for Mohd Rafi drew us to his room. Then we had Avinash Vagh who

enthralled us with his ghazals. I must mention Dhaval Ghala: he was heavily

influenced by Rajneesh. He would simply march into your room and give a long

discourse on philosophy. There was no time limit for these activities.

I literally opened my books two months before the 1st Prof Exam. All our

efforts to reshape our lives subsequently failed. The unexplained attitudinal

shift just swept us away from academics. I still wonder how we got transformed

beyond recognition. My relationship with MGIMS cannot be explained in

conventional terms. I was detached from most of the things related to academics.

However, even that sense of detachment never undermined my opinion that MGIMS

must be one of the best colleges.

I wish I could be back at MGIMS and do what I was capable of. But I also know

that turning the clock back is impossible…

Bharat

1979

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