India Is Eager To Explore Outer Space

A UN panel said in a statement about India’s plan to explore the outer space with the help of planetary missions including a human space flight program.

After Chandrayaan’s success, the Indian space program is aimed exploring inner solar system and building therefore capabilities to carry out this plan.

As Ali Anwar Ansari, who participated in the special political and decolonization committee’s discussion on “International Cooperation In The Peaceful Uses of Outer Space”, reported, there would be first planetary missions. They will be succeeded by Chandrayaan-2.

There is also a debate on launching a human space flight program.

Chandrayaan-1 mission was aimed at Moon exploration with the help of eleven scientific instruments that were developed in India and five more countries. Ansari pointed out that Chandrayaan-1 was a real success and the aim of the mission was reached.

To show that India shares the United Nations’ attempts for raising the awareness of space-based benefits, developing countries were encouraged to benefit from India’s expertise in the space field.

Ansari added that over 800 scholars from 31 countries of the Asia-Pacific region and almost 30 scholars from 17 countries outside the region have already taken advantage of the activities of the UN affiliated Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Asia and Pacific Region.

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