P.M Modi in his Independence Day speech had said many interesting things but one point that is really being discussed in the country is Modi’s promise of sending a man to space by 2022. ISRO’s plan is to put an Indian astronaut for seven days in space at a cost less than Rs 10,000 crore as part of its manned mission by 2022, ISRO chairman K Sivan said on Wednesday.
He said,“Our plan is to have a human being in space for seven days and not less than that.“He will be in a spacecraft, 300-400 km above the earth,” Sivan said, as he explained that the rocket to be used for the manned mission would be a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV-Mk III). He said the first unmanned flight as part of a manned space mission will happen two years from now.
“There will be two unmanned space missions before the actual manned space mission,” Sivan added.
Earlier Modi had said: “In space technology, we have dreamt something; our scientists have dreamt something. And I am happy to announce that by 2022, the 75th Independence year, we are planning a manned space mission.” Sivan said questions regarding putting an animal before sending a man will be discussed later.
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When he was asked about the target date before which he has to do the mission he said, “We will have to get a formal approval for the project. The manned mission project cost will be less than Rs 10,000 crore… We are in the process of developing some of the technologies and already have some. Our idea is to develop everything within India.”
According to him, ISRO has already tested the crew module and crew escape systems. The space agency on July 5 carried out a successful maiden pad abort test at its spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh for the safe escape of the crew in an emergency. “The technology is very essential for our manned missions in the future,” Sivan had said at an event on July 7.
“We are in the process of developing the life support system for the astronaut, space suit, and other things. ISRO is doing this with the support of industries,” Sivan had said.
We are not close to human testing yet. We need to work a lot towards achieving the dream of putting a man in space.”
According to him, the selection of astronaut to fly the spacecraft would be done by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the spaceflight training would be given overseas.
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