India needs all the sexy science projects and clear thinking it can get if the country is to become a major player in basic research
BEFORE the attacks in Mumbai last month, it was India’s historic first mission to the moon that was making headlines. Chandrayaan-1 entered lunar orbit on 12 November and had begun beaming back images of the surface. Indians were transfixed, and the rest of the world duly impressed.
Just over a week later, the attacks justifiably garnered all the attention. A tiny probe 400,000 kilometres away no longer seemed important. “I wonder if it has already…
