Posted on 07/12/2004 6:47:59 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Bangalore, Jul 10 - The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), G. Madhavan Nair, said the third-generation geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV Mk III), scheduled to undertake its first flight in 2007-08, would equip India with a rocket capable of putting a man in space.
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I must say that the people of India are more interested in space development than anybody. China is second. Who else I don't know. Then the USA.
thanks for the ping!
They've got a better space exploration infrastructure than the Chinese.
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