Quote from: Phillip Clark on 09/24/2014 05:26 pmWhat will an Indian crew do in orbit? After test flights will they dock with ISS? And what happens when ISS is retired?When the Chinese had their first piloted flight in 2003 they already had Tiangong planned as an interim space station. India has nothing like this planned.Something will go in space. it could be some kind of orbiting lab module with bio/metallurgy science. I read it somewhere, but I may be wrong.
What will an Indian crew do in orbit? After test flights will they dock with ISS? And what happens when ISS is retired?When the Chinese had their first piloted flight in 2003 they already had Tiangong planned as an interim space station. India has nothing like this planned.
Quote from: antriksh on 09/25/2014 03:14 amQuote from: Phillip Clark on 09/24/2014 05:26 pmWhat will an Indian crew do in orbit? After test flights will they dock with ISS? And what happens when ISS is retired?When the Chinese had their first piloted flight in 2003 they already had Tiangong planned as an interim space station. India has nothing like this planned.Something will go in space. it could be some kind of orbiting lab module with bio/metallurgy science. I read it somewhere, but I may be wrong. Nopes . Not for this Crew module !That was planned for SRE 2 which was supposed to stay in LEO for few days .CCMB Hyderbad had planned to send E Coli bioreactor and ISRO-Jaxa joint experiment for Caynobacteria bioreactor was scheduled to be flown aboard SRE2 for biology experiments . Besides some nanomaterial projects based on metallurgy and biomimetics have also been planned .Now that crew module is planned to be dropped from height of 120 km , there is no question of doing any microgravity experiments as the crew module will spent hardly any time in microgravity state .
A manned Indian mission to space could take place in 2021 - seven years from now - given the progress that the Indian Space Research Organisation has made in its design and development efforts, ISRO Chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan, has told NDTV.
what ? I thought the name Vyomanaut had been finalized?
Not sure whether we need to stick with a 'naut' suffix when used with Sanskrit prefixes. Kind of looks awkward if you ask me. A few other choices that comes to my mind is 'antariksha yatri', 'gagana yatri' etc.
the Chinese "Taikonaut"
I'd personally prefer to see the Sanskritized word "Antrikshak"
Quote from: sanman on 11/12/2014 02:34 pmI'd personally prefer to see the Sanskritized word "Antrikshak"Actually why even bother naming when they haven't done so with the rockets and satellites.They prefer rudimentary names like SLV,PSLV,GSLV,MOM.I wound't be surprised if they eventually name the astronauts as Man on Space(MOS).
Quote from: abhishek on 11/15/2014 03:52 pmQuote from: sanman on 11/12/2014 02:34 pmI'd personally prefer to see the Sanskritized word "Antrikshak"Actually why even bother naming when they haven't done so with the rockets and satellites.They prefer rudimentary names like SLV,PSLV,GSLV,MOM.I wound't be surprised if they eventually name the astronauts as Man on Space(MOS).BIO - bloke in orbit?
Quote from: Stan Black on 11/15/2014 07:18 pmQuote from: abhishek on 11/15/2014 03:52 pmQuote from: sanman on 11/12/2014 02:34 pmI'd personally prefer to see the Sanskritized word "Antrikshak"Actually why even bother naming when they haven't done so with the rockets and satellites.They prefer rudimentary names like SLV,PSLV,GSLV,MOM.I wound't be surprised if they eventually name the astronauts as Man on Space(MOS).BIO - bloke in orbit?@abhishek & @Stan, thats a good one.. Nearly had me rolling with laughter. It may not mean much in terms of rocket science, but I agree ISRO has been terribly unimaginative when it comes to naming rockets and satellites. A bit too functional I would say. There are many Indian names that they could have chosen, something like the way DRDO names their missiles.
Anyone know if the program is authorized and funded yet?