TOI EXCLUSIVE | Sun, Moon & Beyond: ISO Chief Spells Out Details On India’s Current & Future Plans

Isro Chairman S Somanath, in an exclusive interview to TOI’s Chethan Kumar on March 12, spoke about multiple Space projects India is currently implementing and gave a sneak peek into what may lie ahead. From when the selection of the second batch of astronauts could begin to what stage the proposal for Chandrayaan-4 is and from need to correct alignment of payloads on India’s Sun mission (Aditya-L1) to how many astronauts could go as part of the first Gaganyaan mission, he spoke at length on a variety of issues. He also addressed the issue of manpower and spoke about the New Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) which is critical for building India’s space station and eventually sending humans to Moon. Watch full interview more details.
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[@ashwiniked]

If you didn't understand the tech details, watch the movie "First Man" if you want to know how hard is Human Spaceflight. Kudos to ISRO for making it an objective. So proud of our scientists.

[@ramachatterjee5288]

CONGRATULATIONS,Mr.Somnath How'd He EXPLAINED Very Nicely ISRO Team Re Working SPACE 🚀 PROJECT Various Ways Now All Over World Re LOOKING To ISRO BLESSING With Ur ISRO TEAM Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[@ankitbera1482]

Great interview. All minute details covered.

[@PramochanYaan]

9:00 can anyone explain if the principle of voting is not allowed in four systems, how does it actually work?

[@RAVI89RULZ]

Dr. Somnath. Nor Mr. Somnath

[@ajaxjaiswal3442]

I like that our ISRO chairman is ambitious, you can hear the frustration in his voice about budget and capability constraints. He wants to do bigger things. ❤️ ISRO

[@arthurhamilton5222]

He is like Werner Von Braun in that aspect.

[@thisisprayag4172]

May Shri Krishna give him a healthy life his face looks different because of cancer maybe he had kaemotheripy that's why hair loss.

[@BarisonMega]

Audio is extremely bad....not at all pleasing for ears

[@AdarshRaj]

Nice interview. Got a glimpse on how the show works and what will be the future be

[@narayananb2252]

👏

[@HV-of5qf]

Typo in title, ISO instead of ISRO

[@GoudSabhab]

8:46 How to get LVM3 Rocket model

[@user-qr4po5nn5d]

Lion Modi ji 💪💪💪

[@PrashanthKrishna-se8fc]

China will try to jam radio signals as it cant digest Indias success