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Our ISRO is losing, and every patriot should be concerned about it 🙏🙏 The truth is, while we rightly celebrate the ISRO’s historic achievements, a chilling reality is dawning upon our space programme. Most people don’t say this, just because they don’t want to be seen as a ISRO-critic, or be labelled an “ANTI-NATIONAL”. But the truth is this. - The US already has a functional and operational reusable rocket. Multiple of them - Automotive giant Honda also has successfully tested its reusable rocket in Japan. This happened just weeks ago - And a Chinese have also brilliantly demonstrated sea and land based-landings And India? .. India is not just falling behind in the reusable rocket race - we are actively losing our own domestic customers to the foreign competition. The warning signs are undeniable and stark. - The global space launch market has been fundamentally reshaped by one technology: Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VVTL) reusable rockets, pioneered by SpaceX - This has slashed launch costs, turning space access into a utility. Now, new players are entering the fray with alarming speed In fact, there are Chinese players who have raised funds, promising to use the tech for speedy point-to-point cargo delivery! .. ISRO has made commendable progress with its “WINGED” Reusable space vehicle, "Pushpak," successfully completing a series of landing experiments. This is a significant technological feat. However, it is a winged spaceplane concept - nothing to do with VTVL tech that is currently dominating the commercial market. - And, while ISRO is now working on VTVL for its future Next-Generation Launch Vehicle, the stark reality is we are years behind in a race where speed is the only metric that matters. The commercial consequences of this lag are already here - In a telling sign of the crisis, several of India's most promising space startups, such as Pixxel, Digantara, and XDLINX, have chosen to launch their satellites aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 .. This is the harsh truth. SpaceX's "rideshare" model, effectively a bus service to orbit, provides the frequency and cost-effectiveness that the Indian space ecosystem desperately needs but cannot currently find at home. While we must applaud ISRO for its legendary past, we must also urgently question the pace of progress. Without a homegrown, commercially competitive, and frequently available reusable rocket, India risks becoming a mere spectator in a market it once had the potential to lead, losing its own innovators to foreign launch pads. Sad, and harsh - But TRUTH!