Tag Archives: public outreach
Why not increase ISRO’s budget?
This post is in response to a question on Reddit about why the Indian government won’t increase ISRO’s space budget. There’s a good analogy in India’s research budget. As a share of the GDP, the national expenditure on R&D has … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Science
Tagged Department of Space, Indian Space Research Organisation, K VijayRaghavan, public outreach, Reddit, Sundar Sarukkai
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The press office
A press-officer friend recently asked me for pointers on how he could help journalists cover the research institute he now works at better. My response follows: Avoid the traditional press release format and use something like Axios’s. answer the key … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm
Tagged Axios, Creative Commons, Flickr, open knowledge, press office, press release, public outreach, science communication
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ToI successfully launches story using image from China
Has the prime-mover of our space programme been taken hostage by the consequences of not separating space research from defence research? Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged defence research, Indian Space Research Organisation, oxidisers, public outreach, reusable launch vehicle, RH-560 sounding rocket, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, scramjet engine, space research, strategic interests
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