According to Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday, India intends to launch an unmanned mission and send a female robot on its first and second missions, which will come before the Gaganyaan human spaceflight project, by the end of 2023 or in 2024, respectively.
Image: On August 10, 2022, from Sriharikota, ISRO successfully tested the Low Altitude Escape Motor of the Crew Escape System, marking a significant advancement in the Gaganyaan project. Images: ANI Photo
During a media encounter, he revealed the timeframe for the massive national space project.
He said, "The first mission will be entirely unmanned, and we'll send a female robot on the following voyage.
Singh gave details about the development of the Gaganyaan project.
End of 2023 or 2024 will see the debut of the main Gaganyaan. After a ceremony in Jammu, Singh told media that it will be little delayed.
According to Singh, "we will send a non-human mission" before the main Gaganyaan mission. "It's crucial to travel and return home safely. It'll touch down in water. It will guarantee the person's security, he claimed.
He declared that a man of Indian ancestry will be serving on an Indian mission for the first time. Rakesh Sharma had already left on a mission, but it had been a Russian operation. With an indigenous astronaut, indigenous technical know-how, and indigenous funding, it is an indigenous mission. We should express our gratitude to the PM for providing financing for this endeavour. He claimed that COVID-19 was to blame for the delay.
Gaganyaan was supposed to be launched within 75 years of India's independence, according to Singh, but "it was delayed for two years due to Covid."
"A Russian institute was providing training for several of the astronauts. They had to return. The two-stage training has ended, he continued.
The country's space agency is preparing for The world eagerly anticipates India's advancement in space exploration and the historic moment when Gaganyaan will send Indian astronauts to the last frontier as a result of these key accomplishments, he said.
He also outlined a strategy for lithium extraction in the Reasi area of Jammu and Kashmir.
"For us, it's an exciting matter. Watch to see how it develops going forward. Due to its low cost, lithium will be crucial to our future focus on renewable energy. In addition to other distinguished scientists, the CSIR director is currently present at a meeting. She is a lithium industry expert herself, he claimed.
The Union minister stated that "after exploration, we will first determine its value before taking any further action."taken". It will start off gradually. It relies on the outcomes in the future. But we've already begun this process," he said.
He claimed that India had begun to develop in the green hydrogen industry. "The Red Fort's ramparts were where the Prime Minister spoke of a green hydrogen mission. We might be exporting green hydrogen from here in 25 years, Singh added.
The BJP leader responded to a query on Pakistan by saying, "What Pakistan is doing is nothing new. It started in 1947 and continues now. That Jammu and Kashmir is a part of India was difficult for Pakistan to accept. The subject of Kashmir must be brought up by those in power.
In his words, "India has risen to such a top place in the world, the so-called developed nations are seeing us with respect" because of Prime Minister Modi's leadership.
"Our economy now outpaces that of Britain. We rank third in terms of the startup ecosystem. Additionally, the fact that Modi Ji is hosting the G20 in Jammu underlines the improvement in our standing, he continued.
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