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#440
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abhishek
on 28 Dec, 2018 10:26
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#441
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SciNews
on 28 Dec, 2018 14:24
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#442
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TrevorMonty
on 29 Dec, 2018 07:57
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10,000 Crore is USD1.5B , unless I've missed a 0.
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#443
by
Tywin
on 29 Dec, 2018 11:09
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China need 11 years of preparation for her manned programs, and more money... we will see if India can reach that goal in only 4 years and 1.5 B$
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#444
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sanman
on 29 Dec, 2018 13:20
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#445
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SciNews
on 29 Dec, 2018 14:50
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Prime Minister of India: Boost to India’s Space Program
http://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/boost-to-indias-space-program/The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Gaganyaan Programme with demonstration of Indian Human Spaceflight capability to low earth orbit for a mission duration ranging from one orbital period to a maximum of seven days. A human rated GSLV Mk-lll will be used to carry the orbital module which will have necessary provisions for sustaining a 3-member crew for the duration of the mission.
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#446
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sanman
on 30 Dec, 2018 01:11
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10,000 Crore is USD1.5B , unless I've missed a 0.
Now that the money has finally been approved, ISRO now has the means to push forward and make stuff happen.
Hopefully this spending will have ripple effects that propagate onto other programs and give them a leg up too.
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#447
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sanman
on 30 Dec, 2018 08:54
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#448
by
sanman
on 31 Dec, 2018 05:58
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#449
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worldtimedate
on 31 Dec, 2018 20:27
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NDTV channel questions whether it is worth sending Rs 10,000 Crore Gaganyaan Mission into space. ( Interview of former ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair and Air Marshal Pankaj Tyagi . Both of them supported the Gaganyaan Mission )
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#450
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worldtimedate
on 31 Dec, 2018 20:38
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Gaganyaan On Track, An Indian Will Be Sent To Space By 2022: ISRO Chief
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#451
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A.K.
on 05 Jan, 2019 11:44
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#452
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sanman
on 06 Jan, 2019 03:53
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ISRO chairman Dr K Sivan repeats Dec 2021 as target date for first crewed flight:
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/360-degree/060119/its-mission-2021-says-isro-chief.htmlWhat’s at the top of your to-do list as the Union cabinet has approved Rs 10,000 crores for ‘Gaganyaan’ human space flight programme?
At our headquarters, we have put together 24 scientists and engineers drawn from all facilities of ISRO to review the design and systems of the crew module which will transport three Indians to outer space. The crew module will be designed for a three-member crew but we don’t know how many members will ride into outer space on D-day. This team will complete the design review by January 15, and then commence integration of all systems. We plan to fly the crew by December 2021, eight months ahead of the schedule announced by the Prime Minister. And to make sure that everything goes off without a glitch, we have planned two unmanned flights (empty crew capsule), one in December 2020, and the second in July 2021.
I'm hoping that by aiming for 2021, it will avoid slipping too far beyond 2022
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#453
by
Zed_Noir
on 06 Jan, 2019 14:58
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For the local Indian folks. Since there is a possibility of the Congress party could regain power in the next general election before the first Indian human spaceflight.
Does the Congress party and its allies support a first Indian human spaceflight on the same schedule as PM Modi?
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#454
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sanman
on 06 Jan, 2019 15:24
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For the local Indian folks. Since there is a possibility of the Congress party could regain power in the next general election before the first Indian human spaceflight.
Does the Congress party and its allies support a first Indian human spaceflight on the same schedule as PM Modi?
Typically, all the various Indian govts irrespective of party affiliation have given ISRO the funding they needed to carry out their work without political interference. Yes, Modi has taken it upon himself to announce the Gaganyaan mission and its deadline, but ISRO had for some time now been seeking govt sanction and associated funding to take things to fruition. So given that, and how front-and-centre this program now is in importance, it's not likely to be interfered with if the opposition comes to power. They'll probably downplay Modi's inaugural stamp on it, of course. Politically, an event like this (or series of them) would help to make any sitting govt look good, and give politicians a chance to make speeches of their own, etc. So nobody's going to look a gift-horse in the mouth and throw that away.
But yes, the Congress Party makes a point of mentioning that ISRO was set up during the tenure of Nehru, India's first prime minister and Congress party leader/founder. So that's their response to anyone from the current ruling party who tries to associate themselves with ISRO's achievements. The Congress Party like to credit themselves as being the progenitors of these institutions.
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#455
by
sanman
on 10 Jan, 2019 16:28
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#456
by
worldtimedate
on 12 Jan, 2019 05:35
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ISRO appears to have set things in place with regard to India's first Human Space Flight Mission, by starting the Human Space Flight Center.
Gaganyaan, the great Indian human leap to space by 2022, will soon get cracking under a new Human Space Flight Centre and a dedicated team around five months after it was first unveiled. A team of 800 to 900 people is to be deployed over time to carry it out.Indian Space Research Organisation on Friday named Unnikrishnan Nair, who led its Advanced Space Transportation Programme at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, as the man to steer it - as also the director of the new centre.
Dr. Nair has already been involved in this work for a few years as director, Human Space Flight Project.
ISRO. R. Hutton, who has helmed the PSLV light lift vehicle programme, also from Thiruvananthapuram, is the project director in that set-up. K.Sivan, ISRO Chairman and Secretary, Department of Space announced the new set-up soon after forming it. A handful of deputy directors each for the centre and the project have also been picked.
"Gaganyaan is our highest priority now. We have put in a management structure to realise it. The Human Space Flight Centrebased in Bengaluru] will carry out all activities related to the human programme. Under it will function the Gaganyaan Project." Dr. Sivan explained, "All work related to the mission will formally begin now," including the schedule, blueprint of various tasks, astronaut selection with the Indian Air Force and systems based on the project report. He told The Hindu that the nodal Human Space Programme Office set up six months back under V.R.Lalithambika would continue to coordinate mission affairs at the headquarters here, Antariksh Bhavan.
ISRO has projected to the government a manpower requirement of 861 including 761 to be appointed in addition to the routine annual hirings. However, they would be recruited in stages. ISRO's own Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, which produces around 100 space engineers each year, will be a primary source of talent, said a senior official
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ISRO starts Human Space Flight centre
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#457
by
sanman
on 18 Jan, 2019 03:53
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New spacesuit design being showcased:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/made-in-vadodara-space-suit-to-be-used-in-gaganyaan/articleshow/67579315.cms
Sure Safety, a Vadodara-based industrial safety equipment manufacturer has designed the suit from scratch after collaborating with Isro’s Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad. The firm gave the first glimpse of the space suit at the Futuristic Technology Exhibition inaugurated on Thursday at the Science City. Nishith Dand, managing director of the firm, told TOI that trials for testing the material under lab conditions are almost over, including vacuum chambers tests. “Right from the communications, bio-sensors measuring body temperatures, oxygen and carbon-monoxide levels and to pressure management systems, all technology has been developed indigenously. We are the fourth company in the world to produce a suit for astronauts,” he said. Other feature of the suit are a flexible hood zipper, touch screen sensitive gloves, utility pockets, air diverters and light weight shoes. The space suit operates at temperature ranging from minus 40°C to 80°C.
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#458
by
A.K.
on 18 Jan, 2019 03:58
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Sorry if posted earlier:
ISRO Looks Beyond Manned Mission; Gaganyaan Aims to Include WomenFrom above link:
For ISRO, Sending a Human to Space Isn’t The Only Goal
“We are not going to stop with launching humans into space. We are going to continue this programme in terms of a space station and sending a human to the moon,” the ISRO chairman has said. Incidentally, China has already started building a space station, and wants to send a Chinese to the moon.
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#459
by
chetan_chpd
on 18 Jan, 2019 04:20
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