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strongSriharikota:/strong A nation's development is a product of its technological prowess, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday after the launch of ISRO's 100th mission. Questions are sometimes asked about whether a poor country like India can afford a space programme and whether the funds spent on space exploration, albeit modest, could be better utilised elsewhere. This misses the point that a nation's state of development is finally a product of its technological prowess, Manmohan Singh said after Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched an Indian rocket carrying French and Japanese satellites. [caption id=attachment_449107 align=alignright width=380

strongSriharikota:/strong A nation's development is a product of its technological prowess, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday after the launch of ISRO's 100th mission. Questions are sometimes asked about whether a poor country like India can afford a space programme and whether the funds spent on space exploration, albeit modest, could be better utilised elsewhere. This misses the point that a nation's state of development is finally a product of its technological prowess, Manmohan Singh said after Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched an Indian rocket carrying French and Japanese satellites. [caption id=attachment_449107 align=alignright width=380