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#240
by
Ohsin
on 03 Dec, 2014 05:49
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#241
by
nimbostratus
on 03 Dec, 2014 06:27
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^^^
thanks a lot.Never knew they had planned a new vehicle whey they conceived the manned mission plan in 2006.
Anyways ,building a LEO travelling Vehicle is not enough.We need a future beyond LEO CM too
Better get the current work done first.
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#242
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antriksh
on 03 Dec, 2014 07:26
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#243
by
abhishek
on 03 Dec, 2014 07:47
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Better get the current work done first.
Indeed! I just wanted to say that Building a beyond LEO Spacecraft should be a futuristic target if we are aiming for moon and mars.
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#244
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 03 Dec, 2014 20:15
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That launch vehicle seems interesting. It looks like it's powered by a solid first stage and cryogenic 2nd stage.
Looks like four stages to me. The first stage is solid, the second using storable propellants, the third using cryogenic propellants and the fourth stage being the capsule using storable propellants.
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#245
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Lars-J
on 04 Dec, 2014 16:53
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That launch vehicle seems interesting. It looks like it's powered by a solid first stage and cryogenic 2nd stage.
Looks like four stages to me. The first stage is solid, the second using storable propellants, the third using cryogenic propellants and the fourth stage being the capsule using storable propellants.
That "4th stage" is just the service module propulsion. It is not usually counted as a stage, it is a part of the payload.
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#246
by
antriksh
on 05 Dec, 2014 01:40
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#247
by
Soheil
on 18 Dec, 2014 10:43
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#248
by
Rocket Science
on 18 Dec, 2014 14:57
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Another great article William with lots of details! Thanks!!
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#249
by
Prober
on 20 Dec, 2014 10:11
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ISRO isn't budget limited.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/indian-human-spaceflight-programme-is-at-beginning-stage-isro-468692
The programs, and the scientific sector in the country is know-how limited, and promulgating scientific literacy as well as STEM fascination is where, IMO, the thrust ought to be directed. We've always known that rockets are awesome for that
whatever the way its being done, its showing results and India is on the map in 2014. 
India has some new doors that are being opened. There's a north American company that likes what your doing with you spacecraft program. They own some proprietary technology that might find its way into a joint venture along these lines.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=27265.0
who knows if its talk or something will come of it, but I find it very interesting.
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#250
by
Blackstar
on 22 Dec, 2014 21:18
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http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2667/1 India’s heavy-lift rocket and crew module milestones: which is more important?
by Ajey Lele
Monday, December 22, 2014
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its LVM3 (Launch Vehicle Mark III) on a suborbital test mission on December 18. The success of this mission marks a new beginning in India’s satellite launch vehicle program. Also, on the same mission India successfully tested the launch and recovery of a “crew module” by launching CARE (Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment) as a payload in this mission.
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#251
by
okan170
on 01 Feb, 2015 04:38
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Look what i found 
This video inspired me to come up with a conjectural spacecraft based on the flown vehicle and whatever concepts I can find online. Bringing it to the ISS seems only natural, so I fitted it with a docking mechanism and did some renders.
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#252
by
Ohsin
on 01 Feb, 2015 08:44
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Incredible renderings! We are so used to see highly compressed official jpegs and half baked animations that people glean from here and there
That thing would really stand out with its skin color. This also makes me wonder what could be the purpose of those fin like structures on service module in official graphics.
Again thanks for creating these
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#253
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Phillip Clark
on 01 Feb, 2015 09:04
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Nice pictures but will India start to fly crews into orbit before ISS is retired? India would then have to rely upon access to China's modular Tiangong orbital station: if the Chinese are interested, of course.
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#254
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johnxx9
on 01 Feb, 2015 17:04
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Nice pictures but will India start to fly crews into orbit before ISS is retired? India would then have to rely upon access to China's modular Tiangong orbital station: if the Chinese are interested, of course.
The Indian goal as of now is to put an Indian in space. It would be too early for ISRO to publically start speaking about space stations and such.
We did not hear about Chinese space station in late 80s or 90s even though China was working on HSF. It is only after they were confident and their program saw a few successes that the plans for their space station became public.
Why should India be any different? Their first challenge is to get a man in space and get him back successfully. Once they are very close to achieving this successfully, they can start serious work on where the program goes from there.
So, the assertion that program doesn't have any concrete future plans is unwarranted.
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#255
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Phillip Clark
on 01 Feb, 2015 18:51
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This is OT for the Indian programme, but to correct Johnxx9 the first photos of the Tiangong 1 mock-up predate the Shenzhou 5 flight.
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#256
by
vineethgk
on 03 Feb, 2015 05:53
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This video inspired me to come up with a conjectural spacecraft based on the flown vehicle and whatever concepts I can find online. Bringing it to the ISS seems only natural, so I fitted it with a docking mechanism and did some renders.
There is one question that came to my mind with the docking mechanism depicted in the renders. Keeping in mind the size of the planned crew module, would it be possible to incorporate a docking hatch into it without affecting its crew capacity of 3 persons? Or would it make better sense to add an orbital module Soyuz/Shenzhou style and incorporate the docking hatch in that?
And btw, nice renders..
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#257
by
The Amazing Catstronaut
on 03 Feb, 2015 18:20
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Indian gemini(+1) will be a beautiful thing to behold, truly.
It's really heartwarming to see a nation (apart from the USA, which is the obvious one) with such a long connection to my own country as India making enormous strides into the unknown. This is an awesome thing for one of the world's most dynamic, fastest growing nations and truly compounds India's state as a 21st century democratic power.
Makes me proud to be alive - it's great seeing another nation get out there using predominantly homegrown tech, instead of stealing a ride with one of the bigger players.
Go ISRO.
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#258
by
antriksh
on 16 May, 2015 04:51
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Static Test of Canted Scarfed Multiple Nozzle Motor for crew module escape systemfrom this
to this
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#259
by
vyoma
on 17 Jun, 2015 03:24
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/isro-working-to-have-critical-technologies-for-human-space-mission/articleshow/47695980.cms"We are working for critical technologies for human space programmes. Currently we are working on environmentally controlled chamber so that the chamber is habitable for human being for long period," ISRO Chairman A S Kirankumar said on a question if the space organisation is working for building capsule for human space programme.
"We have make sure that various oxygen level and carbon dioxide level is conducive for human being for weeks together in the capsule. The methods of controlling the environment ensuring that whether inside the capsule is comfortable for astronauts, those experiments are going on," he said.
That thing would really stand out with its skin color. This also makes me wonder what could be the purpose of those fin like structures on service module in official graphics.