The dispute inside ISRO does not actually revolve around the issue of allowing Indian firms to manufacture rockets. That question was settled years ago. The harder one is how much knowledge accumulated over six decades by the nation should remain with the people, and who will decide that. “The rockets have left the ISRO workshops, but the guidelines for the transfer have not been framed yet”. Illustration by The Geostrata On 4 September, GSLV-F17 placed the EOS-05 satellite i