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'India to launch manned moon mission by 2015'
By SiliconIndia | Friday, 24 October 2008, 04:24 Hrs |
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Sriharikota: Soon after India became the sixth nation in the world who sent spacecrafts to the moon, with the successful launch of Chandrayaan-1, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) revealed that India would launch its proposed manned mission to the moon by 2015. ISRO said that it would gear up for the complex and challenging task of the manned mission.
U.s., former Soviet Union, European Space Agency, China and Japan have sent spacecrafts to the moon before India.
G Madhavan Nair, ISRO Chairman said, "Now we have a little bit of breathing time (after today's launch), we are looking how we can design a capsule, which can carry two astronauts onboard a GSLV rocket."
"This is a very complex and challenging task, first of all to conceive a module, which can predict the condition of human life in space. It is a big challenge in terms of technology and realization," he added.
He further pointed out that selecting the astronauts and training them for the space flight and improving the reliability of the launching system are also complex issues. "Considering all these, we have prepared a project report and this had been cleared by the Space Commission and is awaiting the government approval. Based on this, we will have the first man mission from Indian soil before 2015," Nair mentioned.
"ISRO would try to handle the proposed mission without any help from countries that had prior experience in manned missions. It will be completely driven by us. However, if there is any scope for meaningful collaboration, we will consider it," he said.
U.s., former Soviet Union, European Space Agency, China and Japan have sent spacecrafts to the moon before India.
G Madhavan Nair, ISRO Chairman said, "Now we have a little bit of breathing time (after today's launch), we are looking how we can design a capsule, which can carry two astronauts onboard a GSLV rocket."
"This is a very complex and challenging task, first of all to conceive a module, which can predict the condition of human life in space. It is a big challenge in terms of technology and realization," he added.
He further pointed out that selecting the astronauts and training them for the space flight and improving the reliability of the launching system are also complex issues. "Considering all these, we have prepared a project report and this had been cleared by the Space Commission and is awaiting the government approval. Based on this, we will have the first man mission from Indian soil before 2015," Nair mentioned.
"ISRO would try to handle the proposed mission without any help from countries that had prior experience in manned missions. It will be completely driven by us. However, if there is any scope for meaningful collaboration, we will consider it," he said.
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The name of the mission has not been indicated in the whole matter. Pse send me the name of the Mission first manned lunar mission which would likely to be launch by 2015.
Posted by:Rajesh Tiwari
- 13 Nov, 2008
2:
excellent anupam..as i said before, go to space, explore, launch satellites that can improve communication, weather forecasting etc.
but why moon? can you please tell me why the moon? thats what i have been asking for and people only respond with emotions. may i should ask Mr. Kalam.
but why moon? can you please tell me why the moon? thats what i have been asking for and people only respond with emotions. may i should ask Mr. Kalam.
Posted by:critic
- 03 Nov, 2008
3:
@ "critic" : Firstly, your scientific incompetence notweithstanding, you snobbery has no limits. Examples : "Sanjay, are you a student?" So, what if he is a student, at least he has some ratinal views unlike you. "When I was in the US". Mr US returnee, please keep your primitive thoughts to yourself. From purely a technology perspective, we will learn about a huge number of cutting edge technologies if we venture into space. Besides, satisfying human scientific curiosity has time and again proved its worth years after the idea was tried. Also, as pointed out before, the price of the mission is less than half of a jumbo jet, and that in itself makes it very attractive indeed.
Posted by:Anupam
- 27 Oct, 2008
4:
India's Chandrayaan-1 has begun its journey to the Moon-eagerly to find water on its surface -but there is a disappointing news from the Japanese lunar explorer Selene that has been circling the Moon for about a year.
Scientists, who are operating Selene, say that new images taken by a stereo camera onboard the spacecraft indicate that there may not be water or ice in Shackleton crater, the most likely place on Moon that was thought to have water.
The findings were published online Thursday by the American journal Science.
The inside of the Shackleton crater at the Moon's south pole is a permanently shadowed area, unexposed for the most part to sunlight and, therefore, a place where water-ice deposits have been inferred to exist.
Based on a model of the crater's shape, the authors suggest that temperatures on the crater floor are less than minus 180 degrees Centigrade -- cold enough to hold ice.
The spacecraft Selene took the images of the crater during the lunar mid-summer - when enough sunlight is scattered off the upper inner wall of the crater to provide some faint illumination. The terrain camera has a 10-meter resolution.
"But the images reveal no conspicuous brightness that would indicate a patch of pure water-ice. There may be no ice at all, or any ice that exists might be mixed into the soil at low concentrations," the researchers conclude.
Scientists, who are operating Selene, say that new images taken by a stereo camera onboard the spacecraft indicate that there may not be water or ice in Shackleton crater, the most likely place on Moon that was thought to have water.
The findings were published online Thursday by the American journal Science.
The inside of the Shackleton crater at the Moon's south pole is a permanently shadowed area, unexposed for the most part to sunlight and, therefore, a place where water-ice deposits have been inferred to exist.
Based on a model of the crater's shape, the authors suggest that temperatures on the crater floor are less than minus 180 degrees Centigrade -- cold enough to hold ice.
The spacecraft Selene took the images of the crater during the lunar mid-summer - when enough sunlight is scattered off the upper inner wall of the crater to provide some faint illumination. The terrain camera has a 10-meter resolution.
"But the images reveal no conspicuous brightness that would indicate a patch of pure water-ice. There may be no ice at all, or any ice that exists might be mixed into the soil at low concentrations," the researchers conclude.
Posted by:critic
- 23 Oct, 2008
5:
Sanjay, are you a student? cause your remarks are based on emotions rather towards rationale.
While I consider myself too a patriot like you, can you please throw some light to fools like me on the following.
1. the objectives of this moon mission
2. What objectives has been achieved by other countries that have sent a man to the moon and what additional achievement does ISRO plans to achieve?
3. And if there are going to be some benefits out of this moon mission, when will the common man in India feel the benefits?
Like I said in my comments, I would welcome spending $ 1 B for a space mission if that is towards some tangible scientific results that will benefit the human race in a shorter time.
If the quest is for colonizing the moon, forget it. It is not going to happen in the next 1000 years.
Like I said in one of my earlier comments, would you agree if a UFO from some other planet collects a rock sample from Alaska and assumes it has understood EARTH?
Guys, ask questions. It is our RIGHT to know. It does not mean that we are not being patriotic.
Grow up.
While I consider myself too a patriot like you, can you please throw some light to fools like me on the following.
1. the objectives of this moon mission
2. What objectives has been achieved by other countries that have sent a man to the moon and what additional achievement does ISRO plans to achieve?
3. And if there are going to be some benefits out of this moon mission, when will the common man in India feel the benefits?
Like I said in my comments, I would welcome spending $ 1 B for a space mission if that is towards some tangible scientific results that will benefit the human race in a shorter time.
If the quest is for colonizing the moon, forget it. It is not going to happen in the next 1000 years.
Like I said in one of my earlier comments, would you agree if a UFO from some other planet collects a rock sample from Alaska and assumes it has understood EARTH?
Guys, ask questions. It is our RIGHT to know. It does not mean that we are not being patriotic.
Grow up.
Posted by:Critic
- 23 Oct, 2008
6:
However there are many interim technologies and capabilities that need to be achieved by ISO prior to a safe manned lunar landing like:
* Re-entry technology (which ISRO has already demonstrated with the Space Capsule Recovery Experiment that was successfully conducted on 10 January, 2007 )
* Robust and proven on-board Human Life Support Systems
Spacecraft materials with ability to withstand extreme heat and cold, and protect the Astronauts on the journey to the moon.
* Space Suite Technology
Ability to carry a bigger payloads into Earth orbit which the future versions of the GSLV will need to achieve, to take a much bigger payload including 2 to 3 astronauts (Bramhanauts?) to the moon on a mothership (capsule) with a lunar lander.
* Precision docking and maneuvering capabilities in space.
* Rigorous Astronaut training.
* etc....
Therefore I too feel that 2020 may be a more realistic target date for an Indian Manned Lunar Landing.
However the sooner we can get there the better... I hope we can make by 2015 or earlier!
* Re-entry technology (which ISRO has already demonstrated with the Space Capsule Recovery Experiment that was successfully conducted on 10 January, 2007 )
* Robust and proven on-board Human Life Support Systems
Spacecraft materials with ability to withstand extreme heat and cold, and protect the Astronauts on the journey to the moon.
* Space Suite Technology
Ability to carry a bigger payloads into Earth orbit which the future versions of the GSLV will need to achieve, to take a much bigger payload including 2 to 3 astronauts (Bramhanauts?) to the moon on a mothership (capsule) with a lunar lander.
* Precision docking and maneuvering capabilities in space.
* Rigorous Astronaut training.
* etc....
Therefore I too feel that 2020 may be a more realistic target date for an Indian Manned Lunar Landing.
However the sooner we can get there the better... I hope we can make by 2015 or earlier!
Posted by:Dev Devendra
- 23 Oct, 2008
7:
Well Said Sanjay...Critics do something constructive...don't waste server space with these stupid comments.
Posted by:Shweta
- 23 Oct, 2008
8:
To critics - I would point out that the cost of this mission is only $79M USD, which is 1/3 the cost of a single 747 jumbo jet, of which so many fly in India's skies every day. If such flying craft bother your conscience so much, perhaps you should swear off any air travel, and make sure to travel by boat. Oh, but even a large ocean-going vessel can cost tens of millions of dollars. So please make sure you don't travel that way, either. You should just swim from now on, to show us your higher path.
Posted by:Sanjay
- 23 Oct, 2008
9:
waste of tax payers money. we as the citizens of the country has the right to know the objectives and the tangible benfits that India and its citizens will derive by having someone land on the moon.
Besides, why should we reivent the wheel? When man has already landed on the moon, why not take their help? The statement that says we will not take help from other countries speaks a little arrogance on the part of ISRO.
It is like me saying that I will build an IC engine right from scratch without taking help from others.
If you read this news, it just mentions that they are going to send someone to the moon....and does not detail the objectives....such audacity.
Pride is welcome...but what what and whose cost?
Can ISRO plan on sending a sophisticated satellite that can predict weather conditions accurately? I remember while living in the US, the weather channel predicted that it will snow at 9 pm....and bingo....it started snowing exactly at 9 pm...and this forecast was given one day before....
Can Madhavn Nair please clarify this?
Besides, why should we reivent the wheel? When man has already landed on the moon, why not take their help? The statement that says we will not take help from other countries speaks a little arrogance on the part of ISRO.
It is like me saying that I will build an IC engine right from scratch without taking help from others.
If you read this news, it just mentions that they are going to send someone to the moon....and does not detail the objectives....such audacity.
Pride is welcome...but what what and whose cost?
Can ISRO plan on sending a sophisticated satellite that can predict weather conditions accurately? I remember while living in the US, the weather channel predicted that it will snow at 9 pm....and bingo....it started snowing exactly at 9 pm...and this forecast was given one day before....
Can Madhavn Nair please clarify this?
Posted by:Critic
- 23 Oct, 2008
10:
2015, seven years from now and your own launcher, manned module and spacesuits? Even with foreign assistance that would be a tight schedule. Realistically you must mean 2020-2025.
Posted by:The Observer
- 23 Oct, 2008
11:
I would first feed and educate our people before going to moon.
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- 23 Oct, 2008
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