Saturday, June 21, 2008
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair appears to be too involved in Chandrayaan-I project.
Delivering the National Technology Day lecture at the National Geophysical Research Institute on June 20, Nair said:"Some crores of years ago, a crumble from our planet spun off. Now, in a few months, we (Indians) would be landing there to get back in touch with it again."
He exhorted the scientist community in the State to harness technological development for the benefit of mankind. He also called for the usage of local language to communicate science and technology to people at large.
Friday, June 20, 2008
The exact date for Chandrayaan-I launch will be decided in a month although September 19 has been tentatively fixed as the “earliest opportunity,” Indian Space Research Organisation chairman G. Madhavan Nair said on Thursday.
Dr. Nair was talking to journalists after delivering a National Technology Day lecture on “Indian Space Programme-Future Perspectives,” organised by the Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences (APAS) at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI).
Monday, May 5, 2008
With ISRO successfully placing 10 satellites into their orbits simultaneously using the PSLV-C9 last week, according to analysts, this has put it several notches ahead of even countries like Russia. Indeed, while speaking to the media after the launch, ISRO's chairman G Madhavan Nair who doubles up as the secretary of the Department of Space (DoS), said as much. This record mission now puts ISRO's commercial arm, the Rs 600-crore Antrix Corporation, in a better position to capture part of the $4bn global satellite launch business since ISRO launch costs are a lot lower than those of its competitors.
Nair, who took over as chairman in September 2003, however, is not sitting on his laurels. In another few months, he plans to kick off the Chandrayaan mission, India's unmanned lunar mission. The idea is to, over a two-year period, survey the moon's surface to provide a complete map of its chemical characteristics.
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