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Amazing..amazing video, Durga! 😀 Thanks a ton for the share.
The guy spoke so passionately about India & Innovation that I watched the video twice.
I checked the page for their community in the description, but couldn't find out who is behind their initiative. There's a website with the same name, but that hails from UK.
Anyway, I have been reading about the Thorium research projects in India. If anyone's interested check out the Overview of the Thorium Programme in India by Pallippattu Krishnan Vijayan, BARC, India -
Here's another: Towards Sustainable Secure and Safe Energy Future Leveraging Opportunities with Thorium by Anil Kakodkar, BARC, India
PS: I am thinking of renaming the discussion's title. Let me know if someone can suggest.
I'm actually looking forward to Thorium power. It actually has the power to solve India's energy woes forever; and now with an able government in place, I'm quite sure that India will make it happen.
PS: The guy in the video is a bit more enthusiastic than he should be; creating an impression that we innovated Gravity Assist to send our satellite to Mars. Gravity Assist has been used quite frequently in the past to accelerate spacecrafts. It was first proposed by Michael Minovitch in 1961 and was used by Mariner 10 and Voyager to fly by Jupiter and Saturn. Details: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_assist" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gravity Assist</a>
However, I like the initiative they're taking. Indian innovators need an audience and I believe CE can be a platform for them.
P.P.S: that guy never said India innovated the gravity assist. Sometimes ,creativity also lies in solving problems using tools which otherwise are brushed away as probably non suitable.
Anyways, I see solar as more sustainable source of energy than nuclear energy - which again is perishable source.