Power of ISRO! America's NASA asks ISRO to share it's space technology after Chandrayaan-3 development

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S Somanath Sunday said NASA-JPL experts wanted India to share its space technology with the US after witnessing the developmental activities of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, reported PTI.

 

The ISRO chief who was addressing students at an event organised by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s Foundation at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu said times have changed and India is capable of building the best of devices and rockets and that is why Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened the space sector to private players.

 

“Our country is a very powerful nation. You understand that? Our knowledge and intelligence level in the country is one of the best in the world," PTI quoted the ISRO chief as saying.

 

"In Chandrayaan-3, when we designed and developed the spacecraft, we invited experts from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA-JPL, who does all the rockets and most difficult mission," PTI reported Somanath as saying.

He continued: “About 5-6 people from NASA-JPL came (to ISRO headquarters) and we explained to them about Chandrayaan-3. That was before the soft landing took place (on August 23). We explained how we designed it and how our engineers made it...and how we are going to land on the Moon’s surface, and they just said, 'no comments. Everything is going to be good'."

 

 

 

“They (US space experts) also said one thing, 'look at the scientific instruments, they are very cheap. Very easy to build and they are high technology. How did you build it? Why don’t you sell this to America,' they were asking," he said.

 

"So you (students) can understand how times have changed. We are capable of building the best equipment, best devices, and the best rockets in India. That is why our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened the space sector," the ISRO chief added.

 

The Chandrayaan-3's lander successfully touched down near the south pole of the Moon on August 23, making it only the fourth country in the world to achieve the feat of reaching lunar surface after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union.

 

The ISRO chief further said, "Now we are telling you people (to) come and build rockets, satellites and make our nation more powerful in space technology. It is not only ISRO, everybody can do it in space. There is one company in Chennai building rockets called Agnikul and another in Hyderabad called Skyroot. At least in India, there are five companies today building rockets and satellites."