Saturday, October 28, 2006
Some progress with Indian space program
India became the sixth member of the exclusive club to have developed a cryogenic stage in rocketry when it successfully tested a full-fledged cryogenic stage for 50 seconds at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) at Mahendragiri in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu on Saturday evening. The engine in the stage produced a thrust of 7.5 tonnes. It was a fully indigenous effort
The others who have so far used cryogenic stages in their rockets to put heavy satellites in orbit are the U.S., Russia, European Space Agency, China and Japan.
A "registration of intent" to send an Indian astronaut into space on a home-made space capsule using an Indian launch vehicle from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh was made before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on October 17.
IMO: The proposed manned mission may cost about Rs.20,000 crore, and it may take 5 to 10 years to get an Indian astronaut into space. This is quite a lot of money, but it could be worth it. Geosatellites are used for a lot of things and reentry and quite a lot of other knowhow is probably important, for example for proposed moon missions.. It would be nice if Mumbai had a few less potholes and a bit more was done about the dengue, for which the death toll is now 144.
The others who have so far used cryogenic stages in their rockets to put heavy satellites in orbit are the U.S., Russia, European Space Agency, China and Japan.
A "registration of intent" to send an Indian astronaut into space on a home-made space capsule using an Indian launch vehicle from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh was made before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on October 17.
IMO: The proposed manned mission may cost about Rs.20,000 crore, and it may take 5 to 10 years to get an Indian astronaut into space. This is quite a lot of money, but it could be worth it. Geosatellites are used for a lot of things and reentry and quite a lot of other knowhow is probably important, for example for proposed moon missions.. It would be nice if Mumbai had a few less potholes and a bit more was done about the dengue, for which the death toll is now 144.
# posted by uv : 9:53 PM
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