Pictures of the GSLV launching EduSat, a satellite meant for use by the colleges and universities of India: 
Pictures of the GSLV launching EduSat, a satellite meant for use by the colleges and universities of India:
Posted on 03/11/2005 6:23:50 AM PST by CarrotAndStick
Tenali, AP, India. Mar 10 : An advanced version of the geostationary satellite launch vehicle (GSLV), capable of carrying astronauts into space and with a payload of ten tonnes, will be ready in two years, Indian Space Research Organisation chairman G M Nair has said.
However, India was not considering a manned space mission for the present because of the high cost involved and "not due to any technological weakness", Nair said here yesterday after receiving the Y Nayudamma memorial award from set up in memory of the former chairman of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
The cost involved in training astronauts for aspace mission and creating the infrastructure was huge and not commensurate with the expected benefits, he said.
Nair said geostationary satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) Mark-III would be ready in two years and capable of carrying astronauts into space. The vehicle could carry a payload of ten tonnes into low earth orbit, he said.
A recoverable space capsule that would be tested next year would help in the design of modules to bring astronauts back, he said.
The currently available expendable launch vehicles like PSLV and GSLV, along with GSLV Mark-III would help India become "totally self- reliant" in launching remote-sensing satellites in low earth orbit and communication satellites of up to four tonnes in geostationary orbit, Nair added.
The proposed Chandrayan moon mission would form one major stepping stone in ISRO's efforts for planetary exploration, he said. PTI
Pictures of the GSLV launching EduSat, a satellite meant for use by the colleges and universities of India:
Pictures of the GSLV launching EduSat, a satellite meant for use by the colleges and universities of India:
Amateur rocketeers started ISRO, in a shed, in an abandoned church in India, about 35 years ago.
Scary, just plain scary.
Was that sarcasm? I didn't get what it was that scared you.(BTW, I am trying to revive this post here, ;) )
Why ?
The US doesn't own space.
You don't find that scary? I do. They are still so very backward for so advanced a culture. They THINK they are the most advanced and highly cultured civilization in the world. Their arrogance is such that I simply don't trust them. How can I trust a country with those credentials? I dunno.
All time classic posts ping!!!!!!!!
Some people are best left wasting away in their ignorance. It's a good thing, you know, eventually organic garbage does turn to manure.
Datz why I jus luv this board. (Sorry Cronos)
The pathetic attempts at dissing India and dose goddam arrogant SOB injuns.
Hahaha! Entertainment baby.
What was that ad jingle? "I'm lovin it!"
:D
For a country that was starving to death a few decades ago they have made a lot of progress. Space development is a popular idea in India, more popular than in the US and more popular than in China. In the long run it might be India that develops space. America could do it and is in the best position by far to do it, but the winner could be India.
That is an interesting factoid. There is stuff in those old Sanskrit books that might be taken as a sign of a very early interest in high tech, so the present generation might already have the right mindset for the conquest of space.
You know something, I was hooked up on this post for an hour, nearly, waiting for responses to those idiotic comments earlier. I could have gone for the kill(s), but then thick heads are NOT what you need to liven up your day.
Correct on all accounts.
"You know something, I was hooked up on this post for an hour, nearly, waiting for responses to those idiotic comments earlier. I could have gone for the kill(s), but then thick heads are NOT what you need to liven up your day."
And I was waiting for nearly an hour not knowing what response to give to those idiotic comments. Just read and enjoy.
You are now looking at India's first generation ICBM.
India has been ICBM capable since the early 1980s,when it launched it's first successful SLV.Countries like Israel & Japan have also been capable of building ICBMS since the same period.
Do you know anything about Surya, Jal and Vaayu missiles?
what is palegra?
I know plague (caused by yersina pestis) and pellagra (due to vitamin deficiency) - but palegra?
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