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Last updated: July 13, 2023, at 20:57 IST
Thiruvananthapuram, India
He said the successful Chandrayan-3 mission will be a huge boost to space science and technology as well as the country’s economy. (PTI image)
According to the former ISRO scientist, as India now encourages private sector participation in technology innovation, more entrepreneurs will have greater access to the market.
Ahead of India’s ambitious Chandrayaan-3 space programme, former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan said Thursday that its successful landing would make India only the fourth country to achieve it and would increase the country’s space science development potential.
Speaking to PTI here, he said that this will also help India to increase its share in the global space business. Currently, India’s share of the $600 billion industry is 2 percent.
The former ISRO scientist said that as India is now inviting private sector participation in technology development, it will also increase the scope for more startups to enter the region.
“It means a lot for many players to start their business. For example, I imagine many startups will come, and even the startups we have will have better financing. Many foreign countries may also land here with their startups or add to List startup.
He said the successful Chandrayan-3 mission will be a huge boost to space science and technology as well as the economy of the country.
Chandrayan-2 managed to land on the Moon but failed to perform a soft landing due to some software and mechanical issues. The former scientist said they have now been working on every aspect of it for four years and hope to make a soft landing.
Narayanan said that indigenously developed technology is essential to the survival of any country, and added that ISRO is known to use minimal amounts for its ambitious space missions.
“When compared to other countries, our spending on such missions is paltry,” he said.
Narayanan said we will have to wait until August 23 or 24 to see the success of the mission as the landing will take place on those dates.
He also stressed the need to create something like an Asian Space Agency (ASA) along the lines of the European Space Agency (ESA), with or without China, for larger space missions. He said that the whole of Asia would be happy to partner with India, which has already established a space science infrastructure.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the 25.30-hour countdown to the launch of Chandrayaan-3 began on Thursday at Sriharikota.
Friday’s lunar mission follows the 2019 Chandrayaan-2 mission as astronauts aim for a soft landing on the lunar surface. A successful mission will see India enter the elite club of countries achieving this feat, the others being the United States, China and the former Soviet Union.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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