What if India’s space agency stops building rockets? What if its launch pads go private? And what happens to the engineers who’ve spent decades making India a space power? That’s the question these groups asked Chairperson V Narayanan after IN-SPACe boss Pawan Goenka said, “Eventually, ISRO won’t make any launch vehicles; that’ll be private or PSU work.” No official policy was shared. No transition plan. Just newspaper headlines. The employees’ plea is simple: Don’t treat our jobs and our national asset like a business deal. If tech developed with public funds is being handed over, it needs transparency, accountability, and job security built in. Goenka says private sector scaling is needed to hit 50 launches/year by 2030. But if that’s the goal, why leave the workforce in the dark? The future of Indian space isn’t just about more rockets; it’s about who gets to build them, and who gets to keep their jobs.