India is sending a rover to the moon, and the country is pumped
Folks who suggest dealing with poverty before launching machines to space: the economy doesn't work like that, FYI.If a country acquires deep technical know-how on engineering, it means the country can use it to spin out new industries and export that utility. That is how a country makes money.After world war II, Germany didn't give away all the remaining money to war survivors. They built rock-solid airplane engines and cars, which in turn improved the economy overall.