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Rakesh Sharma and his views on moon and space exploration programmes
Sat, 03/29/2008 - 05:03 — Babita
Last week after having effortlessly fixed up a meeting with Rakesh Sharma the 138th man and the first Indian Astronaut on space aboard the Russian spaceship Soyez T-11...we were able to get the most insightful information required for our moon mission .Mr.Sharma who was on a mission along with two other Russian cosmonauts undertook spectral photography of Northern India in anticipation of the hydro electric projects.
We did come out with a sense of elation knowing that India is on the top of the list along with Russia, china and the U.S when it comes to space exploration and our remote sensing satellites beaming information have varied uses in the field of agriculture, telemedicine, climate, seasonal information, fisheries etc
Education in general he feels is a lot to be desired and space education needs to be imparted to kids using more myriad and visual means starting from comics and moving on multi media and animation.Children to whom the future belongs need to know whats interesting out there ,what are the strides mde in the space and exploration of outer space and if colonies and colonisation on moon or other places other than earth is inevitable then we need to demystify or using wonder and mystery as hooks get the interest generated .
Space as explained in Mythology or stories ,fiction and fantasy is actually a dull and drab area and the economics of sending this mission does not allow them to gaze at gaze and wonder at the amazement it unfolds.Each kilogram of anything to be pushed into space costs a huge amount of money and private funding which is the order of the day does not allow for any frivolities.
When Joanna asked iif he thought artists had a space ,he said there was but they had to wait because they would come in once the scientists had ensured that it was safe and they would like the moon to have more vegetation,grass or anything which took away the monotony .Yeah when space travel is like civil aviation affordable by most of them.
The chandraayan mission only goes on to prove that India has the capability to indigenously conduct the mission at a cost which is less than a lot more missions.
There are other payloads which are piggybacking on the chandrayaan which goes to show the confidence other countries have on our capabilities.
We came away with the feeling that India is on the right track when it comes to space and its commitment to further exploration for peaceful purposes.
Some trivia:
It took 90 mts to go around the earth once.
8 minutes to go past Indis
Their shuttle was orbiting 55 degrees to equator
The speed increases from o to 8 sec per km in 8 minutes
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Comment from Rakesh Sharma
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From: Wg Cdr (Retd) Rakesh Sharma
I wonder if the thought expressed by me during our interaction - regarding humans going to settle on the moon provides us with a 'defining moment' type of opportunity to leave the history of conflict behind on Earth and go forward as people of Planet Earth, without retaining our individual national identities (thus leaving behind the 'seed' for future conflict) - resonated with your team. If it did, perhaps you could weave it into your story as an artefact of the cultural aspiration of your generation since my generation - the practitioners of real politic - has failed in this endeavour. This failure has resulted in violence that, earlier, was confined only to wars and military operations but now, has become a part of our life and we deal with it on a daily basis as we attempt to find a solution to the ever present dangers brought about by terrorism.
This thought, at first reading, may appear rather utopian but needs to be discussed never-the-less if we have to break out of the centuries old cycle of violence and conflict. Your team will be called upon to showcase your work on a pretty big platform and this thought may just get picked up by the media and gather energy as it gets re-transmitted. I feel that the 'Culture' segment of your Project offers a 'window of opportunity' to kick off a debate on these lines. We must seize this psychological moment to push for change because this is the first instance where humankind is leaving Earth and colonising another planet. Incentive enough to attempt to re-write the script such that our future generations stand a better chance of leading lives free of conflict.
Given its cultural past, its current economic re-emergence and status as a Space faring nation,I truly believe that only India can provide a credible 'voice of reason' and push for change on the lines that fruits of space exploration ought to shared by all, globally, so as to ensure that our common origin can guarantee for us a common destiny by stamping out inequities of opportunities and distribution of wealth created as a result of space exploration. This needs to be done now as the International scientific community begins to hammer out the work share protocols and begins work on the blue print of living productive lives in harmony on the Moon.
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