Tuesday, February 26, 2008

IRSO Mars mission before 2015?

R. Ramachandran The Hundu
Ambitious space missions drawn up by ISRO’s Advisory Committee

Chandrayaan-1 will be launched by mid-2008,
Chandrayaan-2 launch expected in 2012

Udhagamandalam: After the Moon, it could be Mars before 2015 for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) if the ambitious space missions drawn up by ISRO’s Advisory Committee for Space (ADCOS) up to the year 2020 are realised in the envisaged time frame. This was disclosed here by Prof. U.R. Rao, former Chairman of ISRO and currently Chairman of ADCOS, in his inaugural address at the four-day 15th National Space Science Symposium (NSSS-2008) which got underway on Tuesday.

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