Same here..You wont be able to understand the harsh realities of unfortunate regions where farmers are commiting suicide on daily basis just for the lack of supporting fund..I guess a shiny space shuttle is more important than the few thousand lives...
It's still futile to discuss technical aspects with you because you are debating for sake of just debating? Never mind.
Lack of funds for what? Providing free goodies to farmers? There is no lack of funds but poor distribution of funds and why Space exploration should suffer because Bureaucrat, MP or MLA elected in your constituency is an a$$hole (just an example) and do not know how to give good policy and its application to farmers.
ISRO is working on budget and projects provided and approved by Govt. of India. Provision in Budget are made available to them after a well thought off process by considering all budgetary constrains and including funds made available for reforms in Agriculture as well.
Sending Rocket in space and space exploration will reduce our hunger, poverty and farmers will not commit suicide. Is it hard to understand?
Agriculture is not a rocket science for us today because the expertise we already have is up to age. But rocket science is still a rocket science for us and we have to take such challenges to place our self at better spot of this age.
You can not neglect development in one field to boost other. All have to run parallel otherwise we will pay for the consequences, because of the challenges we will have and have already inherited, yes it is a Rat Race. Not the the one you have pre adjudged in your mind because Indian ''Shiny space shuttle'' in no way comparable to space shuttles (Russia and USA) nations already have (If you might have read the Indian program). Therefore the race is already lost or isn't there at all.
All developments compliment each other and effect each other negatively or positively.
If farmer of India can not help himself in 60 odd years then its a better option for him to quit agriculture and spare rest of us for sake of other development indexes to be with good ratings. Taxpayers have paid enough money to them since 60 years, rebating loans, free tractors, subsidies on fuel, seeds, pesticides so and so forth. People are sick of the slogans that farmer is god and 'anndatta' of India.
Open your eyes the world has moved to information age from medieval times.
Regards