Posted on 05/10/2009 7:45:41 AM PDT by KevinDavis
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian space mission’s next dream is to set up a base station on the moon so that space vehicles for onward journey to the Mars can be assembled and launched from there, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), G. Madhavan Nair, has said.
Addressing students of ISRO’s Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) at their annual celebrations here on Friday, Dr. Nair asked them to have this dream in their mind. He asked them to think big, not just retrace the path already trekked by space science and technology, but look to where the future beckoned.
“You are going to be with the ISRO for 30 years and more. Think beyond what we have already done. We want you to think of air-breathing rockets, India having a base station on the moon, India emerging as a space power,” he told them after describing how happy he was to see the IIST really coming of age, to become an institution that would in future drive the Indian space mission.
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I really think we should be teaming up with the Indians. At least they show some ambition.
I rather team up with India, Japan, Canada, and ESA rather than China and Russia..
I often wonder if those who say it’s a waste of money would expect the Israelis to give up the Golan Heights. They seem like very different issues but they’re both the high ground and you never cede the high ground to an enemy.
NASA is such a waste. We spent billions and all we got was a couple of rocks from the moon. We need to take all that money and use it to end poverty. It will then be a much better place in which to live. //sarc
I know what you mean.. It is both sides who think NASA is a waste of money.. A lot of people who is shortsighted and can’t see the future..
Also cutting NASA is going to balance the budget.. /s
I don’t see a need for this. I say we fix things here on Earth. I hope they cut more. It is ridiculous to build a Base Station on the Moon. We are currently building bases in Iraq and Afganistan. I think that should be our priority. Let the other countries take the lead on this and more importantly SPEND THEIR OWN MONEY ON THIS. You think maybe they will all move up there and leave us alone.
What are you talking about? Two different things and just because you don’t support the moon does not mean you don’t support Israel. How ridiculous.
If you had been in charge of the NASA budget, our doctors would still be applying leeches to cure illnesses.
I am pretty sure the budget for ACORN alone exceeds NASA’s.
//sarc
Whew!
No I call them the same thing in the sense of the high ground as an example.
The powers that be do not want us off this rock,that leads to colonies and Independence!
There is no way, this power hungry government will risk funding colonies that they eventually will not be able to control.
They want us earth bound and dumbed down.
7 May 2009, 1111 hrs IST, Srinivas Laxman, TNN
MUMBAI: India’s successful moonshot, Chandrayaan-1, has not only enriched the country’s brand value but also flooded Isro offices with more than a lakh job applications from youngsters, which the space agency’s officials say is unprecedented.
V Jayaraman, director of Isro’s Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Agency , told TOI on Wednesday that Chandrayaan’s success has spurred the demand for jobs in Isro. “The organisation has acquired a glamour value thanks largely to the moon mission, and students in standard X and XI from all over India are knocking on our door,’’ he said.
Jayaraman said that at present there were more than 1.35 lakh applications for a mere 300 openings in different categories at Isro. He said that from among the applicants, about 70,000 students qualified for the entrance examination which was held on April 26. About 46,000 actually took the test.
“From centres like Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai, we usually receive on average about 4,000 to 5,000 applications. But this year the figure from these places has shot up,’’ Jayaraman said. He cited the economic slowdown as a possible factor for the surge in applications.
Isro’s chief spokesperson S Satish said that many people who had left Isro for IT organisations now wanted to return to the space agency. Source
What stupid reasoning. Would you propose 500 years ago we stay in Europe rather than travel to the Americas because we haven’t fixed things up yet?
Humanity is about progression. You will NEVER fix things permanantly. Stupid, mindless utopianism, no better than the liberal democrats.
Whatever. You go up on the moon. Your head is there already. Seriously you are the reason our country is highly in debt. My children and Grandchildren thank you. You are worse than democrats with your spending and spending and spending. No care in the world as long as you get to spend money on the moon. You can call me names and I will just call you one...SELFISH!!!!
No, we’re in debt because we’re spending tax dollars on poor lazy able bodied fools.
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