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Originally Posted by arsenal
So not really sure if this warrants it's own thread, but I read something the other day regarding India preparing for a mission to Mars in 2013. Awesome for their space program, but with Curiosity there right now, and the previous rovers not to mention the other satellites in the area, how important is this mission anyway? Other than showing the world that India has the ability to send a craft to Mars?
Main part of the question now is, why isn't there a Global Space Agency where they would pool their resources together (funding, brain power) and work together to achieve the desired goals?
This would reduce redundancy, be more efficient in the end, and the achievements would be far greater. As it stands now, NASA is working on a shoe string budget and the American Government isn't really interesting in adding more money to the budget, instead it is relying on the private sector.
I just think that we would be able to make larger leaps if the space agencies of the world got together. That's all.
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It would be like the UN... Just argue and accomplish nothing.
I personally think the more countries throwing their hats into the space game the better. Competition fosters innovation.