In a joint letter to Chairperson V Narayanan, they warned against reducing ISRO to just an R&D lab while private firms take over manufacturing and launches. The trigger? Comments by IN-SPACe chief Pawan Kumar Goenka suggesting ISRO will eventually stop building rockets. No official policy, no roadmap, no clarity; just newspaper headlines. Employees are demanding answers: What happens to their jobs? Who controls India’s space tech? How will future recruitment work? Even Congress has weighed in, accusing the government of quietly sidelining ISRO’s legacy under the guise of promoting startups. This isn’t just about rockets; it’s about who owns India’s space future.