Can India’s national space agency keep its top scientists on board as the private spacetech sector booms?

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India's national space agency faces challenges retaining its top scientists amid the rise of a competitive private spacetech sector. The expansion of India's commercial space industry raises concerns about the potential depletion of talent from the government institution that originally fostered the sector.

As India’s private spacetech sector takes off, competition for its most experienced scientists is raising questions about how the country can build a thriving commercial space industry without hollowing out the institution that helped make it possible.