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Time Is Right To Put An Indian In Space
Bangalore, India (SPX) Nov 09, 2006 India's top scientists gathered under one roof on Tuesday to laud the fact that the country was ready to put an Indian in space by 2014 and perhaps one on the moon six years later. About 80 scientists from across the country gave the green signal to the manned space mission at a meeting organised by Indian Space Research Organisation at its headquarters. Scientists, expressing appreciation for ISRO's four-year study on the issue, were unanimous in suggesting that "time is appropriate" for India to undertake a manned mission to space. Among those who took part in the day-long deliberations was India's first cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma, who flew in a Russian rocket in April 1984. He spent eight days in a Russian space station. "At the end of the meeting the opinion was unanimous that India should launch a manned space flight," an Isro spokesperson told TOI. The decision will now be formally ratified by the Centre, as was done in the case of the unmanned Indian lunar mission. This much-awaited lift off of India's first manned space flight will be from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Isro subsequently plans to put a man on the Moon by 2020, four years before China. "In the manned mission to space, we are just looking at reaching space and back. There is no proposal about the Moon now," an Isro official said. The scientists' approval for this ambitious Rs 10,000-crore project, which will be spread over eight years, assumes significance in the context of Pakistan and Malaysia sending people into space. In fact Malaysia has not ruled out the possibility of one of its astronauts of going to the Moon by 2020. China has embarked on manned space flights and is also exploring the possibility of setting up a permanent lunar settlement. The feeling was that India with its excellent capabilities in the space sector should not be left out.
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The Audacity To Dream And The Audacity To Execute
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2006On Friday morning October 20th, with the 6am morning dawn light, space professionals and enthusiasts streamed into the Las Cruces Airport in New Mexico for the X-Prize Cup events. There was a special spirit in the air, partly because of the festival like atmosphere, but also because many people recognized this to be part of a larger and more important historical event. |
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