ISRO assures to fulfill PM Modi's 2022 space promise
New Delhi : Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO) has given a positive assurance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise made during the 72nd Independence Day speech.
PM Modi claimed that Indian astronaut - man or woman - will be sent to space by 2022.
ISRO chairman and a scientist associated with the ambitious 'Gaganyaan' mission have said that they were duty-bound to fulfil PM Modi's promise and asserted that the space agency has the "capability" achieve the target.
"PM Modi has given target of 2022 and it's our duty to meet it. We are already on the job and we have completed many technologies like crew module and escape systems. The project has been underway, now we need to prioritise and achieve the target," ISRO chairman K Sivan on the Gaganyaan 2022 mission.
An ISRO scientist, however, mentioned two key challenges of finding a big rocket as well as trained astronaut.
"We need to enhance technology to achieve this, deadline looks tough but we certainly have the capability to do it. A big rocket and astronaut training are two main challenges," Scientist Tushar Jadhav, ( Pratham Satellite team) said.
What PM Narendra Modi said during I-Day speech?
"India is proud of our scientists, who are excelling in their research and are at the forefront of innovation. In the year 2022 or if possible before, India will unfurl the tricolour in space."