Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair today indicated that the Country can launch a manned mission to Space in seven to eight years timeframe.
Talking to newspersons here, he said a National debate should be carried out whether India should go in for such an expensive programme, which might cost the Exchequer around Rs 10,000 crore.
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Editor's Note: Also coming out today is an AP Story which basically says the exact opposite. Seems like the chinese all of the sudden with conflicting statements... so it would be foolish to count them out, I think.
Posted by jburk at August 12, 2026 02:09 PM | TrackBackThere are a few other articles related to India's space vision with regards to manned flight on the spacetoday.net site.
The nation is debating if the payback for the cash funding has a chance of return for going to the moon.
Nasa News Release : The Marshall Center has been selected as the site of NASA's Discovery and New Frontiers Program Office.
http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/news/news/releases/2004/04-214.html
What impact will this change of operations for Marshall Center have in the long run?
Posted by: Harold LaValley at August 16, 2026 04:54 AMNASA Issues Additional Requests for Information
in Response to U.S. Space Exploration Policy Report,in response to the final report from the President's Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy.
Recommendation 5-1 asks NASA to aggressively use its contractual authority to reach broadly into the commercial and nonprofit communities. Recommendation 3-1 suggests that the agency recognize and implement a far larger presence of private industry in space operations.
http://www1.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/aug/HQ_04267_rfis.html
I guess a little more detail would help poor old Nasa but do we really want Nasa leading us back into space if the can not under stand what is meant in the sections of the report.
Posted by: Harold LaValley at August 16, 2026 04:57 AMNow I see where Nasa is really going with the change of venue for Marshall Center.
Marshall gets planet probe assignment
Center will manage, send missions for robotic explorations.
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1092574154118180.xml
Posted by: Harold LaValley at August 16, 2026 04:59 AM