Indian Space Program- Q & A

• Indian Space Program- Q & A by prajiv on 11 Jan, 2008 13:29
• Hi,
  I am starting this thread to facilitate Questions & Answers about Indian Space program.
  
  thanks
  Rajiv
  
• #1 by prajiv on 11 Jan, 2008 13:31
• How India is going to participate in Russia's Klipper spaceship development program ? What will be India's role in that?
• #2 by Jirka Dlouhy on 12 Jan, 2008 18:21
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  prajiv - 11/1/2008  8:29 AM
  
  Hi,
  I am starting this thread to facilitate Questions & Answers about Indian Space program.
  
  thanks
  Rajiv
  

  
  Does India plan any missions to planets?
• #3 by Satori on 12 Jan, 2008 19:47
• A satellite to study the Sun: ISRO planning to launch satellite to study the sun.
• #4 by prajiv on 14 Jan, 2008 14:52
• India to participate in Kliper spaceship development-
  
  http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=4100
  Kliper - Is this the same manned spaceship which India wants to send to space in year 2014-2015 ? Need to have more details - how India is going to participate in this work..considering the fact that India does not have any exp in that.
  
  
• #5 by prajiv on 14 Jan, 2008 14:54
• Sat to study Sun...!!! great
• #6 by prajiv on 31 Jan, 2008 14:36
• Hiiiiiiiii.....great news
  http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/ET_Cetera/ISRO_Chief_confident_of_sending_Indian_crew_to_moon_in_8_years_/articleshow/2746702.cms
  
  Does it mean India will be able to send man to moon in 2015 ?? Amazing!!! India does not have manned launch capacity till now. How they are going to do it?
  
  
• #7 by tnphysics on 04 Feb, 2008 01:11
• If true that would accelerate CxP.
  
  However, I believe that it only means that India could put a man in orbit and return him in 7-8 years.
• #8 by hesidu on 04 Feb, 2008 02:00
• The report didn't said they would do that alone. I mean if India cooperates with Russia, it can send man to moon in 7-8 years.
• #9 by prajiv on 04 Feb, 2008 12:40
• Following links talk abt Indo-US agreement on space partnership.
  http://www.foxbusiness.com/article/nasa-india-sign-agreement-future-cooperation_461955_1.html
  http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200802021021.htm
  Interesting news...India has already signed agreement with Russia for Moon exploration.What they are going to do with US ? Joint Mars exploration?
  
• #10 by MKremer on 07 Feb, 2008 01:02
• Emily Lakdawalla (who does the excellent Planetary Society blog) has a nice post about IRSO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair's talk at Caltech the other day:
  
  http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001317/
  
• #11 by prajiv on 07 Feb, 2008 12:20
• really good article.  following statement is spot on
  "I get the sense that the Indian planetary exploration program cannot be justified to the Indian public on the basis of exploration alone. I think the publicly stated goal has a more practical bent: the future exploitation of resources in space. "
  
  India is not China.India can not sale militaristic space program to its people. Just let few launches fail and see the public/politicians responses about that.Indian govt. and scientists will have to hide their ambitious plans under the garb of "space program for common man's benifit".
  
  
  
• #12 by hesidu on 08 Feb, 2008 01:49
• I don't think China's lunar exploriation and manned-space projects are militaristic. You don't have to send men to space to spy other countries, and don't have to send satellites to moon to show the ability of ICBMs.
• #13 by jimvela on 08 Feb, 2008 02:33
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  hesidu - 7/2/2008  7:49 PM
  
  I don't think China's lunar exploration and manned-space projects are militaristic. You don't have to send men to space to spy other countries, and don't have to send satellites to moon to show the ability of ICBMs.

  
  Drifting off-topic, but governments do not build a navy because they likes ships, nor does one send man into space merely because it values human exploration.  
  
  Likewise, all endeavors that improve capabilities will cross pollinate back and forth between civil and military use, whether sold as peaceful or intended for tactical advantage .
  
  Don't insult my intelligence claiming otherwise, simply acknowledge it and then lets find ways to work to common advantage...
  
  
• #14 by stanmarsh on 08 Feb, 2008 03:42
• A question on GSLV. I was surprised to note that the strap-on liquid boosters have a longer firing duration (160 vs  100 secs) than the first stage solid booster ! This means that the liquid boosters have to carry the weight of the empty stage-1 for 60 seconds ! Is that a bad design ?
• #15 by MKremer on 08 Feb, 2008 03:48
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  stanmarsh - 7/2/2008  10:42 PM
  
  A question on GSLV. I was surprised to note that the strap-on liquid boosters have a longer firing duration (160 vs  100 secs) than the first stage solid booster ! This means that the liquid boosters have to carry the weight of the empty stage-1 for 60 seconds ! Is that a bad design ?

  It's then an empty stage, though, only a fraction of the weight of the stage full of solid fuel at launch.
  
• #16 by stanmarsh on 08 Feb, 2008 04:09
• Thanks for the reply ! As per ISRO's website, the weight of the empty stage 5.6 Metric tonnes (largely aluminum). I wonder if the designers really did not want to enlarge stage-1 anymore. It is one of the largest solid boosters around.