India’s Cut-Price Space Program

Although [Indi­a’s] space pro­gram is a civil­ian effort, it is a sym­bol of nation­al excel­lence — and that makes it an ide­al tar­get. But behind the sev­er­al lay­ers of secu­ri­ty, the Indi­an Space Research Organ­i­sa­tion, or ISRO, is abuzz with new projects and excitement.