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The answer to the question of whether we should spend on a space programme is yes, and we should consider spending even more

Isro's Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3) M4 rocket carrying 'Chandrayaan-3' lifts off from the launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Friday. Photo: PTI

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4 min read Last Updated : Aug 25 2023 | 10:22 PM IST

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In 1961, science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke wrote a short story called “Death and the Senator”. The plot is simple: A very influential American senator and presidential hopeful is suffering from a disease that will soon kill him. The only treatment involves placing him in zero-gravity at a medical facility on a space station.

Nasa, however, does not have a space hospital because the Senator presided over a committee which cut NASA budgets and refused to allocate funds needed to set up a zero-gravity research hospital. The Soviets, who do have such a facility, offer to treat him. But, of

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