The ISRO chief spoke of the challenges for the space sector in India, as well as the possibility of it contributing 10 percent of the Gross Domestic Product one day.
New Delhi: An Indian on the Moon is an inspirational moment, as is an Indian in Space, even an Indian-made Space Station. In the past, it was possible to dream about it, said ISRO chief Dr S Somanath.
“It was possible to dream about it. Now, we have available capacities. We can think of rockets to send a man on the Moon by 2040. The technology is there,” he said.
Jitendra Singh, the minister of state (MOS), Prime Minister’s Office, too spoke of the Man on the Moon, an Indian on the Moon. ISRO was born in 1969, the year Neil Armstrong stepped on the Moon. Today, the world is looking forward to human space missions by India and to Indians “landing on the Moon by 2040…The world is starting to believe that Indians have to capacity to do it,” he added
The ISRO chief spoke of the challenges for the space sector in India, as well as the possibility of it contributing 10 percent of the Gross Domestic Product one day. For that, various challenges in the “upstream” areas have to be overcome, high investment is necessary, both by the public and private sectors. Investors also need to have risk-sharing capabilities and perhaps, big firms, alone and together with others.
