India's Steps into Space Exploration
India’s Steps into Space Exploration
The more you resist the more it persist is the story of Indian space program. When US reluctantly refused to transfer the space technology and also coaxed our friendly nations not to transfer it into Indian hands, Indian elite band of scientists took charge and determinedly persuaded the path breaking success. During the nascent stage of Indian space program no one would have thought that the child would transform into a monster, breaking all the time and economy bound constraints. Indian Scientists and engineers made every Indian swell with proud with the first launch of indigenous satellite Aryabhata. India was among the first few countries to realize the potential of space technology and its application to solve real problems of man and society. The Indian space pioneer and the architect of Indian Space Program Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, under whose chairmanship, the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was formed in 1962 dreamt that India should be sine-qua-none in the application of advanced technologies like space. Since then, India has made impressive progress in this field. Space technology has not only enhanced India's communication capabilities, but has also contributed in meteorological forecasting, providing advanced disaster warning, search and rescue measures and distance education to remote areas.
A mission to the Moon
The Indian space program has plans to launch an un-piloted spacecraft to the moon in 2007. India would be the fourth country to send a spacecraft to the moon, joining Russia, the United States and Japan. India's space program has been running since 1972, but a mission to the moon would be its first venture into deep space. To date Indian space launches have focused on placing communications, weather and mapping satellites in orbit.
The more you resist the more it persist is the story of Indian space program. When US reluctantly refused to transfer the space technology and also coaxed our friendly nations not to transfer it into Indian hands, Indian elite band of scientists took charge and determinedly persuaded the path breaking success. During the nascent stage of Indian space program no one would have thought that the child would transform into a monster, breaking all the time and economy bound constraints. Indian Scientists and engineers made every Indian swell with proud with the first launch of indigenous satellite Aryabhata. India was among the first few countries to realize the potential of space technology and its application to solve real problems of man and society. The Indian space pioneer and the architect of Indian Space Program Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, under whose chairmanship, the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was formed in 1962 dreamt that India should be sine-qua-none in the application of advanced technologies like space. Since then, India has made impressive progress in this field. Space technology has not only enhanced India's communication capabilities, but has also contributed in meteorological forecasting, providing advanced disaster warning, search and rescue measures and distance education to remote areas.
A mission to the Moon
The Indian space program has plans to launch an un-piloted spacecraft to the moon in 2007. India would be the fourth country to send a spacecraft to the moon, joining Russia, the United States and Japan. India's space program has been running since 1972, but a mission to the moon would be its first venture into deep space. To date Indian space launches have focused on placing communications, weather and mapping satellites in orbit.