98 karma · joined July 4, 2016
In fact Indian rockets use computers fully made in India, and I think none of its software is taken from anywhere.
There were several attempts to derail its space program like mysterious deaths of Homi Baba, Vikram Sarabhai, arrests of Nambi Narayanan and defaming Madhava Nair, but Indian space program like a tortoise has put one foot forward every time.
The limiting factor for ISRO is not design and R&D, but it's the capacity of Indian industry to deliver. I think its rocket development is open source, any Indian industry can take its blueprints and volunteer to supply parts.
How they [ISRO] stir up such a passion amongst their employees is a mystery.
This is not my full time project.
Not sure if I will succeed or if it would become serious, but let's see.
Thankfully Google showed only the first few lines in its general search. There is some data leak in Google. Its so big, something like this can happen.