Tag Archives: GSLV Mk-III
What Gaganyaan tells us about chat AI, and vice versa
Talk of chat AI* is everywhere, as I’m sure you know. Everyone would like to know where these apps are headed and what their long-term effects are likely to be. But it seems that it’s still too soon to tell … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Science
Tagged chat AI, ChatGPT, crew module, electronic calculator, Gaganyaan, GSLV Mk-III, Hope probe, Indian Space Research Organisation, Lvm 3, S Somanath, Ship of Theseus, space programme, UAE, United Arab Emirates
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Review: ‘Mission Mangal’ (2019)
This review assumes Tanul Thakur’s review as a preamble. There’s the argument that ISRO isn’t doing much by way of public outreach and trust in the media is at a low, and for many people – more than the most … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Scicomm
Tagged Akshay Kumar, Bollywood, Chandrayaan 2, frugal engineering, frugal innovation, GSLV Mk-III, Hinduism, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Make in India, Mangalyaan, Mars Orbiter Mission, Mission Mangal, NASA, nationalism, PSLV, science communication, Vidya Balan
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Why covering ISRO is a pain
The following is a bulleted list of reasons why covering developments on the Indian spaceflight programme can be nerve-wracking. ISRO does not have a media engagement policy that lays out when it will communicate information to journalists and how, so … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm
Tagged access journalism, Chandrayaan 2, GSLV Mk-III, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Lok Sabha, Tamil cinema
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Why are we going to the Moon again?
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
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It’s time for ISRO to reach for the (blue) sky
The Wire May 19, 2015 Almost 40 years after the launch of Aryabhata, the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully placed another satellite into orbit, this time around Mars – becoming the world’s first space agency to have done so in its debut attempt. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aryabhata satellite, Chandrayaan, GSLV Mk-III, ISRO, Mars Orbiter Mission
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Curious Bends – where Indians come from, Irrawady dolphins, human spaceflight and more
1. A genetic history: Where do Indians come from? “In 2005, K. Thangaraj and his colleagues at CCMB published their findings about the origin of Andaman islanders in the journal Science. The Onge turned out to have surprisingly unmixed origins. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abenomics, Crew-module Atmospheric Reentry Experiment, GSLV Mk-III, Irrawady dolphins, Onge tribe, sterilisation, Sunderbans, superbugs
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The GSLV Mk-III is no jugaad
Scroll December 18, 2014 (Note: This piece was written in the future-tense and published before ISRO’s successful test flight this morning.) Come Thursday, the Indian Space Research Organisation will launch its GSLV Mk-III rocket from its launch pad in Sriharikota. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ariane 6, Arianespace, geostationary transfer orbit, GSLV Mk-III, Indian Space Research Organisation, Mars Orbiter Mission, NASA MAVEN, PSLV
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