S. Somanath: MOU is a symbolic signing but there is a lot of work to be done. Whatever we are…

“ MOU is a symbolic signing but there is a lot of work to be done. Whatever we are trying to do at this stage which includes a space station and human mission, we need to have a benefit at the end of the day. The government needs to fund it and work on it on a longer term, and we should create some economic activity out of this and produce some tangible benefits. These benefits will come from various things....the real challenge is how it’s going to transform various sectors. One of the areas is bioresearch related activities...

S. Somanath, 10 days

ISRO inks agreements for space biotech research

Statements by S. Somanath

“ A couple of these experiments will be on the Axiom 4 (ISRO ISS Mission), then they will be on the uncrewed mission of Gaganyan and the idea is to use these for the crewed Gaganyan mission also. These…

S. Somanath, 10 days

ISRO inks agreements for space biotech research

“ We need to keep launching satellites, but we have also decided that we will not litter space. So, once the satellites stop functioning, we will bring them to Earth, and ensure there is no collision or…

S. Somanath, a month

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