Ahmedabad, Nov 26: India will be able to send a
manned mission to moon by the year 2020 if everything goes as
planned, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G
Madhavan Nair said today.
Nair was here to deliver the 4th lecture on leadership
title `Indian Space Mission-Recent Achievement and Challenges
Ahead` at a function organised by the Ahmedabad Management
Association.
"Space is going to be the next frontier for the future
generation, and India cannot afford to lag behind," Nair said.
"If everything goes as per the plan we will be ready to
send a man to moon by 2020", he added.
"On one side we have the capacity and technology, on the
other side we need to provide training to a human being to
survive the condition on moon and the zero gravitation," he
added.
"This demands for more amount of training on the ground,
and we would be spending one third of the budget on training
and development of technology," he further said.
"US and China are two main contenders who want to send
man on moon by 2020. Though they have not yet announced
anything but they have the capacity and adequate funds to send
man to moon by 2020," he added.
Bureau Report
