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The big bet on Indian space tech: Boom or bubble?

ISRO has spent decades quietly building the backbone of our space programme, and now, through IN-SPAC112233e (the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre), the government is opening these resources to private companies.
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Reality: Space is the new dot-com, but rockets don't have reboot buttons. ANI

AFEW days ago, my inbox pinged with something heavier than the equations I juggle daily. It was a note from Manu J Nair, CEO of Ethereal X, a rising Indian space startup. One line hit me hard: "We are building rockets and systems that may never get a second chance to fail." That sentence hasn't let go of me since.

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