2024-01-07 23:05:35
The end of 2024 should see the first manned flight of the Indian spacecraft Gaganyaan and make India one of the major space nations, since only Russia, the United States and China have been able to send men in space.
India embarked on space exploration barely twenty years ago and despite limited financial resources ($1.6 billion for ISRO compared to $25 billion for NASA and 7, 08 billion for the ESA) has managed to catch up thanks to the capacity and dynamism of its engineers, but also the political will of its Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The objective is clear: “India sets targets to increase its share in the global space economy from less than 2% at present to 10%. »
To understand this rapid development of India, let us read the latest article devoted to it by the Le Point magazine : “The Indians work very quickly,” recognizes Mathieu Weiss, from Cnes. They take eighteen months to develop a satellite, that’s half the time we do. And only three years for an exploration mission, compared to ten on our side. »
“They also have a better relationship with failure,” adds David Mimoun, from Isae-Supaéro. With them, if a mission fails, it’s not that serious, we start again. The same goes for NASA or Space X. In Europe, when an Ariane or Vega launcher crashes, we set up a commission of inquiry and put those responsible on trial. »
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