India To Get Space On The International Space Station
India could soon join the exclusive club of nations that can get entry into the International Space Station (ISS). As of now access to the ISS is restricted to United States, Canada, Russia, Japan along with other 11 states of the European Space Agency. The incoming chief of the ESA believes in opening up entries to more countries and he wants India and China to be a part of the ISS program.
Currently ISS has been funded through 2020 but it could soon be extended by another four years. The Chinese have already began working on their own Chinese Government Ready To Begin Their Space Station Project and India has already caught world's attention through successful satellite launches and the recent Mars Orbiter mission. The MOM was praised by everyone because India is the first country to have sent a satellite to Mars in its first attempt and at a fraction of the cost of other similar missions.
Earlier, ISRO had attempted to get on board of the ISS. The proposal was to see if India could perform climate related earth observation system experiments.
Do you think ISS allowing India would be a great step? Or is it the time that India should start thinking of building its own space station? It may look an outlandish idea at this time; but never say never, right?
Currently ISS has been funded through 2020 but it could soon be extended by another four years. The Chinese have already began working on their own Chinese Government Ready To Begin Their Space Station Project and India has already caught world's attention through successful satellite launches and the recent Mars Orbiter mission. The MOM was praised by everyone because India is the first country to have sent a satellite to Mars in its first attempt and at a fraction of the cost of other similar missions.
Earlier, ISRO had attempted to get on board of the ISS. The proposal was to see if India could perform climate related earth observation system experiments.
Do you think ISS allowing India would be a great step? Or is it the time that India should start thinking of building its own space station? It may look an outlandish idea at this time; but never say never, right?
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msuresh444Do you think ISS allowing India would be a great step? Or is it the time that India should start thinking of building its own space station? It may look an outlandish idea at this time; but never say never, right?
Absolutely, this is the right time for India! ISRO should recruit young people and start for ISS. -
Kaustubh KatdareI think it's still to be 'official'. They're just opening up for other countries after India's stellar performance with the MOM. I'm curious to know what climate related experiment are they proposing to perform in the space.
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