Indian PM defends spending on space exploration

New Delhi (AFP) Sept 9, 2012
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday defended spending millions of dollars on space exploration despite many people in the country living in grinding poverty. India plans to launch a probe to orbit Mars next year at an estimated cost of four to five billion rupees ($70-90 million), and hopes to send its first manned mission to space in 2016. "Questions are sometimes asked about

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