Space Oddity

China may have resolutely opposed India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group but is eager to have the country onboard in the BRICS space mechanism it is hosting. ISRO is among the space agencies that have been invited—others being from Russia, Brazil and South Africa—to Beijing in July in the leadup to the BRICS summit, which China is hosting in September. China believes India has a lead in remotesensing satellites, which it wants to learn more about.