GUWAHATI, Nov 14 - India has made rapid strides in space research
within a short span of time, and we can expect significant breakthroughs
in the near future. Today, the world recognises India’s capacities in
this field, which was not the case earlier.
This was one of the views expressed by distinguished scientist Dr
Jitendra Nath Goswami at the tenth Vedanta Vachaspati Radhanath Phukan
Memorial Lecture – ‘From a Fishing Hamlet to Moon and Mars’ – organised
by the Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture recently.
Dr Goswami said there is a whole range of technology that ISRO has
mastered in the area of space exploration through the dedication of its
scientists, many of whom are women.
“Working in six or more separate areas, they have come up with ideas
and inventions which have been synergised to develop technology for
producing both satellites and launch vehicles. Many of the technologies
were created indigenously because those could not be purchased by India
from foreign countries which own them,” he observed.
Stating that the success of the Chandrayaan 1 has shown that India is
capable of planetary exploration containing many challenges, Dr Goswami
said space exploration, including ones like the Chandrayaan Mission, is
unforgiving and that there is no scope for error.
On ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission, he said its success is significant,
because India achieved it through a relatively modest budget, and did it
on the very first attempt. Currently many nations have come forward to
collaborate with India taking the country’s space technology very
seriously.
Today ISRO’s payload delivery system is so reliable that many other
countries and foreign companies use its launch vehicles to put their
satellites in orbit.
He said that sending a spacecraft beyond Mars would present some
hurdles. “The propulsion system needed to carry them over very long
distances would have to be very sophisticated and unlike those which are
currently available with India. A foreign country will not easily sell
such a technology to us,” he added.
The occasion was also marked by the release of the book, Development
Through Culture written by eminent thinker S Gurumurthy. Published by
VKIC, the volume focuses on the traditional cultural strengths of India
being used to create and sustain comprehensive economic development in
the country.
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