India commercial rocket takes off
India launched it’s first commercial rocket yesterday. Not bad for a country that gained freedom what about 60 years ago or so. Just another reason for us to think hard about making America more competitive. India has a huge population of very hardworking and smart people. That’s a great thing, nothing wrong with that. They are launching an unmanned rocket to the moon soon I think. My point (and it is not anti-Indian) is that we do need to worry about exporting our tech jobs and education there. Why don’t we work on bringing the best and brightest here like we use to? Well for one, the best and brightest they have no longer have to go abroad to ply thier knowledge they can stay home and do it. Again nothing wrong with that at all. It just shows we need to put more importance on educating our children, protecting our technology (don’t get me wrong, I’m not implying they still our ideas, they are smart hard working people). So are we, and we need to keep our edge. No a rocket is not the same as men on the moon, or a space shuttle but it is a great start. We can’t keep them from competing with us, nor should we try. We should continue to set the bar (and we are) today its rockets, tomorrow its planes. I read the other day that China is going into the commercial jet biz soon.
What do the side view mirrors say “object appear closer then they are” well not in this case unless we ignore the view.
April 26th, 2007 at 5:50 am
It is good to get an education. However, not everybody can afford it. It is sad that job security requires a PhD. Not everyone can be a doctor. Furthermore, the medical field does not appeal to everybody. Somebody has to look out for the average American.
April 26th, 2007 at 9:56 am
I could not agree more. There is not any acceptable reason why we don’t turn out skilled welders, mechanics, programmers, carpenters, right out of High School. When I went to High School we had an awesome metal shop, auto shop, wood shop, and more. It is silly that they don’t offer a program for more kids that do not plan on going on to college that would give them a tech degree.