NEW DELHI, Oct 8:
Given current tendencies, international locations just like the US and China could be preventing it out within the planetary ring and India ought to preserve itself away from any such rat race because the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission has already demonstrated the potential of the Indian system to drag off such know-how intensive tasks, says a brand new guide.
In “Chandrayaan-3: India on the Moon”, Ajey Lele, a guide on the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses right here, affords an summary of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and covers the evolution of India’s moon programme. It additionally traces India’s journey to the moon, ranging from its inception in the course of the early 2000s.
The writer says the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission is nice for India’s industrial area sector, and it demonstrates the potential of the Indian system to drag off such know-how intensive tasks, including all that is anticipated to draw extra investments to the area sector.
“From an economic perspective, space is emerging as a promising sector for the future and it could be said that India’s space programme has blossomed timely. India’s Chandrayaan-3 is important from a scientific, technological and commercial point of view. India comes from a grouping of developing countries which are known to be part of the Global South,” he writes within the guide, revealed by Rupa.
The geopolitical implications of this success may very well be seen as India getting a ‘soft power’ status, he says.
Lele then goes on to ask: Is India part of the so-called ‘moon race’?
“There is no reason for India to get into this ‘race’. Just because some States are trying to reach the moon roughly around the same period, it should not be perceived as India trying to win a race. It is important to realise that the competition in space was a defining part of the Cold War era’s power politics,” he seeks to reply.
According to the writer, at the moment, each nation is planning its area programmes primarily based on its technological and monetary capabilities.
“It is well understood that States are going to the Moon for planetary resources. But at the same time, States understand that going solo is not a practical option and that’s why ideas like the Artemis Program are put in place. Even China and Russia are keen to establish something like a Moon corridor.
“Today, moon-faring States have different levels of expertise; some are just beginners while some have much-developed programmes. To say that a State like India aspiring to put a spacecraft into lunar orbit is in a race with another that has already undertaken a successful Moon sample return mission is deceptive,” he argues.
Lele writes that given the current tendencies, “mostly it would be the US and China who would be fighting it out in the planetary ring”.
He, nevertheless, means that international locations like India ought to “keep themselves away from any such rat race”.
“The success of Chandrayaan-3 tells us about the capabilities of ISRO and what they can achieve in future. Also, ISRO has good relations with all major spacefaring States and should think towards planning joint collaborations. Now, time has come for India to clearly enunciate its Moon agenda and plan her future course of action,” he writes. (PTI)