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India Mulls First Manned Space Mission
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 5, 2006 Indian scientists will meet this week to discuss sending the country's first manned mission to space and possibly to the moon, a report said Sunday. Nearly 60 scientists will attend the meeting Tuesday organized by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Indian Express daily reported. S. Krishnamurthy, the space agency's spokesman, told the paper India wanted to avoid being left behind in the global space race. "Whether the mission will involve orbiting of the moon will be decided only if we get a favorable opinion for a manned space mission," said Krishnamurthy. "There is now a feeling that 20 years down the line, other countries would have explored the moon for minerals and India must not be left behind." The agency will present a plan for a manned space mission to the scientists and ask for their feedback, including whether the enterprise should be to the moon and exclusively Indian, the report said. Krishnamurthy said Tuesday's meeting would decide whether to go ahead with the mission, with the "how and when" decided later. India says its three-decades-old space program is aimed at developing practical technology. It plans to send an unmanned probe to the moon in two or three years time.
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Chinese Businessmen Plan Space Trip
Beijing (XNA) Nov 03, 2006Two Chinese business people will be among the first 100 people to make a three-and-a-half hour space trip at the end of 2008 with the New Mexico-based space tourism company Virgin Galactic, reports Thursday's Beijing Morning Post. The trip will cost around 200,000 U.S. dollars and include half an hour in space and five minutes experiencing zero gravity. The company intends to send 520 people into space in about 100 launches during its first year. |
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