Tag Archives: Gaganyaan

A meeting with the PSA’s office

Posted on January 28, 2020 by

The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) organised a meeting with science communicators from around India on January 27, in New Delhi. Some of my notes from the meeting are displayed below, published with three caveats. First, my notes … Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm, Science | Tagged Chatham House Rules, Creative Commons, CSIR, Gaganyaan, Government of India, IndiaBioscience, ISRO, NISCAIR, Principal Scientific Adviser, science communication, science journalism | Comments Off

The mission that was 110% successful

Posted on September 24, 2019 by

Caution: Satire. On October 2, Kailash S., the chairman of the Indian Wonderful Research Organisation (IWRO), announced that the Moonyaan mission had become a 110% success. At an impromptu press conference organised inside the offices of India Day Before Yesterday, he … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Chandrayaan 2, Gaganyaan, human spaceflight mission, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, K Sivan, Mangalyaan, Mars Orbiter Mission, Pragyan rover, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vikram lander | Comments Off

Why are we going to the Moon again?

Posted on July 6, 2019 by

At 2:51 am on July 15, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its Chandrayaan 2 mission on board a GSLV Mk III rocket from its spaceport in Sriharikota. The rocket will place its payload, the orbiter, in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Op-eds | Tagged Aditya L1, Chandrayaan 1, Chandrayaan 2, Gaganyaan, GSLV Mk-III, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Mangalyaan, Mars Orbiter Mission, NASA MAVEN, South Asian satellite, space diplomacy | Comments Off

Solutions looking for problems

Posted on June 14, 2019 by

There’s been a glut of ‘science projects’ that seem to be divorced from their non-technical aspects even when the latter are equally, if not more, important – or maybe it is just a case of these problems always having been … Continue reading →

Posted in Op-eds | Tagged Bharati script, Chandrayaan 2, Chinese Space Station, Elon Musk, Gaganyaan, Hyperloop, IIT Madras, Indian Space Research Organisation, Indian Space Station, International Space Station, space science | Comments Off