Argentina sent a monkey on December 23, 1969. Correct me If I am wrong.
V.R. Lalithambika, a specialist in advanced launcher technologies, will helm the project as Director of the Human Space Flight Project.
India GDP is 2.6 trillion. GDP of U.S. in 1960 adjusted for inflation was 4.67 trillion. GDP of Soviet Union in 1970 was 2.88 trillion. Current Russian GDP is 1.5 trillion. This suggests that anything short of interplanetary is within reach for India to at least attempt.
'No less than seven days in space' says Sivanhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-will-put-man-in-space-for-seven-days-says-isro-chairman-after-modi-announces-space-mission-in-independence-day-speech/story-uYmUwOyXzCemKyd1APTmhP.htmlQuoteFor the first time, India’s space agency is planning to put an Indian astronaut for seven days in space at a cost less than Rs 10,000 crore as part of its manned mission by 2022, ISRO chairman K Sivan said on Wednesday.With Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving the Indian Space Research Organisation the target to be achieved in the next four years, Sivan told IANS: “Our plan is to have a human being in space for seven days and not less than that.”
For the first time, India’s space agency is planning to put an Indian astronaut for seven days in space at a cost less than Rs 10,000 crore as part of its manned mission by 2022, ISRO chairman K Sivan said on Wednesday.With Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving the Indian Space Research Organisation the target to be achieved in the next four years, Sivan told IANS: “Our plan is to have a human being in space for seven days and not less than that.”
If the first Gaganyaan mission is pulled off successfully, then what could a follow-up mission be about?What's the natural pattern of progression?I'm imagining first flight is the one lone astronaut, then second flight would be a crew of 3 astronauts, and then the 3rd flight would be focused on spacewalk / EVA.
I’m thinking the same as well. It seems that this pattern is nearly reminiscent of the early Shenzhou flights:#1: Shenzhou 5 carried one astronaut into space for 21 hours#2: Shenzhou 6 carried two astronauts into space for a 4-day mission#3: Shenzhou 7 carried three astronauts into space for the nation’s first spacewalk despite the mission lasting only three days
Quote from: ZachS09 on 08/17/2018 04:37 amI’m thinking the same as well. It seems that this pattern is nearly reminiscent of the early Shenzhou flights:#1: Shenzhou 5 carried one astronaut into space for 21 hours#2: Shenzhou 6 carried two astronauts into space for a 4-day mission#3: Shenzhou 7 carried three astronauts into space for the nation’s first spacewalk despite the mission lasting only three daysSo China did 4 unmanned Shenzhou flights before proceeding to manned. Is ISRO then cutting corners by saying it'll just be 2 unmanned flights first? Hopefully those 2 can allow all the necessary validation.
So China did 4 unmanned Shenzhou flights before proceeding to manned. Is ISRO then cutting corners by saying it'll just be 2 unmanned flights first? Hopefully those 2 can allow all the necessary validation.
"The basic design for the space capsule is for carrying three people. GSLV-Mk III has got a capacity to carry such a module," Nair said."Of course, we have to do a lot of things -- training of astronauts, use and make life support systems among many others. All this is new development, and it's a very challenging job," he added."We may have to depend on some friendly countries like Russia and America for the initial mission", he said."Life support system and conditioning of astronauts for the space environment is one of the key technological challenges," Nair said.The overall reliability of the launch vehicle needs to be improved."Necessary improvement in launch systems and satellite technologies is called for," he said.
BBC:BBC Same old store - money can spent else were - poor country - nonsense. Pallava's response about Vijay Mally's in London with billions of stolen money shut BBC - perhaps for ever. HiHi...
Lalithambika V.R., a scientist who has played a role in building India's rocket programme has been selected to lead the country's Human Space Flight Programme. Isro chairman K Sivan has picked Lalithambika, who has won the Astronautical Society of India for excellence award in launch vehicle technology, to spearhead the programme to make India the fourth country launch a human in space.
Since 2004, when the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) first prepared a plan for human spaceflight, the agency has been developing technologies that are building blocks for such a mission. The most crucial is that of a crew module, a capsule that can carry humans and which Isro has successfully demonstrated by having a prototype re-enter the earth's atmosphere withstanding the thermal heat caused by friction. In July, it demonstrated the pad abort test (PAT), or the crew module ejecting from the rocket in case of a failure.
Lalithambika's task would be to ensure that these technologies are built as systems and tested. She also has the task of involving the private industry, collaborate with the academia, the Indian Air Force, DRDO and foreign institutions for the mission.
BENGALURU: India’s future astronauts training facility, plans for which have been on the drawing board since 2008-09 awaiting official clearance of the Human Spaceflight Programme (HSP), will finally be realised on a land located about eight to ten kilometres from the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on the outskirts of Bengaluru city, as per current plans.The facility, likely to be named Astronaut Training and Biomedical Engineering Centre, will be developed on the land owned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) around its guest house in Devanahalli (Bengaluru Rural) and is expected to resemble the one in Russia where cosmonauts or astronauts from around the world undergo training. The centre is likely to be spread across 40-50 acres.However, the astronauts—Gaganauts as Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his speech—selected for India’s first human space mission will be undergoing training either in Russia or the US given the tight schedule.On the plans for the training centre in Devanahalli, Isro Chairman Sivan K told TOI: “Yes, but that will be for future missions, as it won’t be possible to train astronauts for the present mission at our facility given the tight schedule. So we will be training them at a foreign facility, and subsequently, for future missions, we will have our own here.”To be built in collaboration with the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Institute of Aviation Medicine (IAM), located on Old Airport Road here, the astronauts facility will help prepare personnel for future manned missions in recovery and rescue operations, study of radiation environment and the long journey across space through water simulation.The centre will also be equipped to train astronauts on surviving in zero gravity environments, something that most challenging according to Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut who went to space on a Soviet mission in 1984.Aside of this, the centre will host a variety of chambers meant for thermal cycling and radiation regulation and also have centrifugals to train the astronauts on acceleration aspects when their module or vehicle is in space.“The water simulators will be like swimming pools. Astronauts will go underneath the water and learn to live in zero gravity situations,” one source had told this reporter earlier.A senior official at the IAM told TOI that the institute has the ability to develop the astronaut training centre without any outside help, and that when the ball is set rolling, there will be enough resources dedicated for the project.Selection for Mission 2022The first task at hand for the IAM so far as the human space mission goes, is the selection of ‘Gaganauts’ for the 2022 mission, several tests for which has already been conceptualised and developed at the institute, which already has a centrifugal system used to train pilots to handle G-force.“There is an elaborate process and we also have all the simulators needed to select astronauts. The process had began as early as 2009 and we have developed these systems by 2011-12, but the project was not cleared then. Now, at least two of the simulators are ready to be used straight away while a few more would need minimal enhancements which will not take more than two-three weeks once we get the word,” the official said.Typically, the IAM would need anywhere between six months to a year to select the final few to go on India’s maiden human space mission, following which their training will start which is also likely to take a few months.“Initially, it took both Russia and the US one year to select their astronauts, subsequently the US now has a process where it can pick them in six months. We’ll need more than six months, but not more than a year,” the official said.