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#20
by
aquarius
on 08 Oct, 2010 19:46
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#21
by
Space Pete
on 09 Oct, 2010 20:11
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Indian Cosmonauts will not Fly in Russian Soyuz.Head of Roscosmos Human Spaceflight Directorate Alexey Krasnov told news media at Baikonur that India had given up their idea about flying two cosmonauts of this country in Russian Soyuz.
ISRO considered this approach as an intermediate step in the national human spaceflight program aimed at launching their cosmonauts in an Indian rocket in 2015.
Krasnov clarified that the Indians had been interested in a mission without docking to the International Space Station.
On the other hand, Krasnov noted, India is eager to maintain space cooperation with Russia, including human space missions, RIA Novosti informs.
www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=10541&lang=en
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#22
by
manboy
on 08 Nov, 2010 23:19
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#23
by
pradeep
on 07 Mar, 2011 11:50
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At the recently concluded biennial event, Aero India 2011, the Deputy Director of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme made a note of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme -
YouTube video here -
There is not much technical information.
At a recently held public lecture by TIFR, the Director, Space Applications Centre, ISRO said that ISRO was now debating on the mode of implementation -
http://www.parallelspirals.in/2011/03/talk-by-r-navalgund/ - and this has led to the hold up in funding by the Govt. of India although it does see a significant increase in budgetary allocation this year.
Pradeep
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#24
by
Olaf
on 17 Apr, 2011 20:15
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#25
by
Lewis007
on 18 Apr, 2011 06:30
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This http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11677 is contrary to earlier information.
The link refers to a news item of 2010; perhaps something went wrong...
On the English language version of the Roscosmos site, the following news showed up today:
India-Russia Space Mission May Occur in 2015
:: 18.04.2011
An Indian cosmonaut will first go on a Russian space mission in 2015, prior to the Indian manned mission in 2017, Alexey M Mzareulov, deputy consul-general of the Russian Federation, announced. He made the announcement at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin, organized by the Russian Centre for Science & Culture, which saw many American diplomats.
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#26
by
aquarius
on 07 Jul, 2011 14:24
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#27
by
hektor
on 08 Jul, 2011 08:11
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I have the impression that Mr Radhakrishnan is much less enthusiastic about the whole thing than his predecessors.
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#28
by
Phillip Clark
on 09 Jul, 2011 07:58
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An Indian flying into orbit on a Soyuz. This sounds a bit familiar.
Oh yes, Soyuz-T 11 in April 1984!!!! Rakesh Sharma flew to Salyut 7.
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#29
by
Salo
on 10 Jul, 2011 11:52
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http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/india-to-join-international-space-station/204738India to join International Space Station
Published On: July 9, 2011 | Duration: 1 min, 25 sec
The ISRO has said that India has finally been invited to partner in the gigantic global effort - the International Space Station (ISS). In an exclusive interview to NDTV's Pallava Bagla, ISRO Chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan confirmed that India would initially be contributing instruments but, as of now, there were no plans to send Indians to the space station. India will be the sixth nation to join this 100 billion dollar effort.
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#30
by
clongton
on 10 Jul, 2011 14:08
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http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/india-to-join-international-space-station/204738[size=18]India to join International Space Station[/size]
Published On: July 9, 2011 | Duration: 1 min, 25 sec
The ISRO has said that India has finally been invited to partner in the gigantic global effort - the International Space Station (ISS). In an exclusive interview to NDTV's Pallava Bagla, ISRO Chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan confirmed that India would initially be contributing instruments but, as of now, there were no plans to send Indians to the space station. India will be the sixth nation to join this 100 billion dollar effort.
This is good news. It finalized, it would allow Indian crew to visit the ISS regardless of the LV country of origin.
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#31
by
JSz
on 10 Jul, 2011 18:21
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Is it an official message? I cannot find any information about it on NASA or ESA webpages.
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#32
by
Salo
on 10 Jul, 2011 20:23
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#33
by
hop
on 10 Jul, 2011 20:26
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This is good news. It finalized, it would allow Indian crew to visit the ISS regardless of the LV country of origin.
The story specifically says they are considering instruments, not crew.
ISRO Chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan confirmed that India would initially be contributing instruments but, as of now, there were no plans to send Indians to the space station.
In any case, being a partner in ISS is not a requirement to send visiting crew members. Malyasia, South Korea and Brazil have all done this, no reason India couldn't as well. Even if India becomes a partner, it's not clear what they could barter that would warrant a long duration crew slot.
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#34
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simonbp
on 15 Jul, 2011 19:46
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Even if India becomes a partner, it's not clear what they could barter that would warrant a long duration crew slot.
Rupees.
Seriously, once Dragon, DreamChaser, etc are flying to ISS, there are going to be lots of visiting seats available. And all the US commercial companies are aiming to cheaper than Soyuz. If the Indians pay for a few crew taxi flights, that might be enough to get a long-duration slot.
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#35
by
Phillip Clark
on 23 Jul, 2011 22:00
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Does anyone know if any of the PowerPoint presentations which have extracts posted here are around online somewhere, please?
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#36
by
Danderman
on 24 Jul, 2011 04:42
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If the Indians pay
Yeah, right.
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#37
by
johnxx9
on 25 Jul, 2011 08:29
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#38
by
bolun
on 25 Apr, 2012 13:12
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Spaceflight stuck due to budget: CAG
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Spaceflight-stuck-due-to-budget-CAG/articleshow/12860797.cmsIndia's plans to send a human into outer space could not take off as budgeted funds remained unutilised due the failure of Department of Space (DoS) to secure necessary approvals for the ambitious project.
The Comptroller and Auditor General, in its report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, also pointed out "unrealistic budgeting" by the Department of Space (DoS) as one of the reasons for the human spaceflight programme failing to get off ground.
"Due to unrealistic budgeting in the Department, a programme viz "Manned Mission Initiatives/Human Space Flight Programme" could not take off as the major portion of the budget allocation remained unutilised due to non-approval of the scheme," it said.
The CAG also said that the DoS had obtained budget provisions of Rs 20 crore and Rs 210 crore for the programme which was not approved by the competent authority in 2009-10.
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#39
by
Danderman
on 25 Apr, 2012 15:25
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Spaceflight stuck due to budget: CAG
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Spaceflight-stuck-due-to-budget-CAG/articleshow/12860797.cms
India's plans to send a human into outer space could not take off as budgeted funds remained unutilised due the failure of Department of Space (DoS) to secure necessary approvals for the ambitious project.
The Comptroller and Auditor General, in its report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, also pointed out "unrealistic budgeting" by the Department of Space (DoS) as one of the reasons for the human spaceflight programme failing to get off ground.
"Due to unrealistic budgeting in the Department, a programme viz "Manned Mission Initiatives/Human Space Flight Programme" could not take off as the major portion of the budget allocation remained unutilised due to non-approval of the scheme," it said.
The CAG also said that the DoS had obtained budget provisions of Rs 20 crore and Rs 210 crore for the programme which was not approved by the competent authority in 2009-10.
It's dead, Jim.
