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In this editorial episode, Mr. Sujit Nair celebrates India's and ISRO's accomplishments in the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 Moon Mission. Mr. Nair fondly remembers the significant contributions made by our nation's leaders and scientists from 1947 to 2023. Following India's independence in 1947, visionary politicians and scientists recognized the importance of space and rocket technology for the country's progress.
The first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, saw great potential in rocket science and grasped the necessity of establishing a robust space policy. This was particularly relevant for a vast and developing nation like India. Nehru emphasized the significance of science and technology in the nation's growth.
When the USSR launched the first artificial earth satellite, Sputnik, people began to understand the potential of satellites. In response, Nehru placed space research under the jurisdiction of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in 1961. The DAE, headed by the eminent nuclear scientist Homi J Bhabha, was founded for this purpose.
Bhabha, alongside another brilliant scientist, Vikram Sarabhai, born on August 12, 1919, established the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) in February 1962. Sarabhai assumed the role of Chairman, and under his leadership, INCOSPAR coordinated space research activities. The primary objective of INCOSPAR was to formulate India's space program, taking over the responsibilities previously held by the DAE.
Dr. Kalam was a part of the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) and worked closely with Vikram Sarabhai, a renowned space scientist. The committee assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Atomic Energy in the field of space science and research.
INCOSPAR made the crucial decision to establish the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) at Thumba, located at the southern tip of India.
Dr. Kalam devoted over a decade of hard work as the project director for the development of India's indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). In 1980, under his leadership, India successfully deployed the Rohini satellite into near-earth orbit using the SLV-III, a milestone that made India a member of the exclusive space community.
From the 1970s to the 1990s, Dr. Kalam played a pivotal role in the development of projects such as the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and SLV-III, both of which achieved success. During the 1970s, he also led efforts to develop ballistic missiles based on the technology derived from the SLV program.
#Chandrayaan3 #PMModi #ISRO #Chandrayaan #modi #moon #moonmission #india #indiatothemoon #nehru #indiragandhi #nambinarayan #abdulkalam
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In this editorial episode, Mr. Sujit Nair celebrates India's and ISRO's accomplishments in the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 Moon Mission. Mr. Nair fondly remembers the significant contributions made by our nation's leaders and scientists from 1947 to 2023. Following India's independence in 1947, visionary politicians and scientists recognized the importance of space and rocket technology for the country's progress.
The first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, saw great potential in rocket science and grasped the necessity of establishing a robust space policy. This was particularly relevant for a vast and developing nation like India. Nehru emphasized the significance of science and technology in the nation's growth.
When the USSR launched the first artificial earth satellite, Sputnik, people began to understand the potential of satellites. In response, Nehru placed space research under the jurisdiction of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in 1961. The DAE, headed by the eminent nuclear scientist Homi J Bhabha, was founded for this purpose.
Bhabha, alongside another brilliant scientist, Vikram Sarabhai, born on August 12, 1919, established the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) in February 1962. Sarabhai assumed the role of Chairman, and under his leadership, INCOSPAR coordinated space research activities. The primary objective of INCOSPAR was to formulate India's space program, taking over the responsibilities previously held by the DAE.
Dr. Kalam was a part of the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) and worked closely with Vikram Sarabhai, a renowned space scientist. The committee assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Atomic Energy in the field of space science and research.
INCOSPAR made the crucial decision to establish the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) at Thumba, located at the southern tip of India.
Dr. Kalam devoted over a decade of hard work as the project director for the development of India's indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). In 1980, under his leadership, India successfully deployed the Rohini satellite into near-earth orbit using the SLV-III, a milestone that made India a member of the exclusive space community.
From the 1970s to the 1990s, Dr. Kalam played a pivotal role in the development of projects such as the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and SLV-III, both of which achieved success. During the 1970s, he also led efforts to develop ballistic missiles based on the technology derived from the SLV program.
#Chandrayaan3 #PMModi #ISRO #Chandrayaan #modi #moon #moonmission #india #indiatothemoon #nehru #indiragandhi #nambinarayan #abdulkalam
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00:00 Namaskar, welcome to another episode of editorial.
00:03 Today I have a very joyous editorial to present to you.
00:10 We are the fourth nation in the world to land in the moon.
00:15 After US, erstwhile USSR, China, India is the fourth to land in moon.
00:21 Big achievement.
00:22 We are the first nation to land in the south pole of moon.
00:27 Bigger achievement.
00:28 So brilliant achievement by India.
00:32 Now I am going to spend next 15 minutes with you discussing who should get the credit for
00:41 this moon landing.
00:43 Who all should get the credit of this moon landing.
00:47 That's my topic of the day.
00:50 Let's get right into the show.
00:55 So I am going to take you through the journey of ISRO.
01:00 See that's important because end of the day everybody celebrates the flower.
01:06 Nobody talks about the seed.
01:09 So let's talk about the seed today and also celebrate the flower and let's see the journey
01:15 of ISRO.
01:16 So I am going to read a lot.
01:17 So please bear with me on that and then finally we have a three minutes chat.
01:21 Now right from 1947, the Prime Minister of India then Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru saw lot
01:30 of potential in rocket science and understood the need for a sound policy on space.
01:38 Now what he did is, Nehru recognized the importance of science and technology for development
01:44 of the country.
01:46 So he put a space research under the ambit of Department of Atomic Energy that is DAE
01:53 in 1961.
01:54 The DAE was founded by the then veteran nuclear scientist Homi J. Baba.
02:03 He headed it and he founded it too.
02:07 Now Baba created Indian National Committee for Space Research or as it was then called
02:16 INCOSPAR.
02:17 That is I N C O S P A R.
02:20 So the first initial name of ISRO was not ISRO, it was INCOSPAR.
02:26 This was set up in February 1962 under the leadership of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
02:35 With another brilliant scientist, Homi Baba took another scientist with him, a brilliant
02:42 scientist called Vikram Sarabhai.
02:45 Now Vikram Sarabhai was made the chairman of INCOSPAR.
02:51 This was the seed to today's ISRO, 1962.
02:57 Chalo, let's go further.
03:00 Sarabhai organized space research under INCOSPAR.
03:05 The chief mandate for INCOSPAR was to formulate India's space program.
03:11 The responsibilities of DAE related to space research were taken up by the committee.
03:19 This is what, like I said, INCOSPAR was and INCOSPAR committee was.
03:27 So under the leadership of Vikram Sarabhai, this committee started.
03:32 Now came a genius into the team and this genius was called Dr. Abdul Kalam.
03:41 Now Kalam was part of the Indian National Committee of Space Research, like I said,
03:47 INCOSPAR, working under Vikram Sarabhai.
03:50 Now INCOSPAR took the decision to set up Tumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
03:58 This Tumba is in south of India, the tip of south of India.
04:02 So under the leadership of Vikram Sarabhai and now Abdul Kalam, they decided to set up
04:10 a equatorial rocket launching station called TERLS, that is Tumba Equatorial Rocket Launching
04:18 Station.
04:21 Now let's talk a little more about Dr. Abdul Kalam.
04:24 Dr. Abdul Kalam put over 10 long years, long years of hard work to create India's indigenous
04:33 satellite launch vehicle, which is called SLV.
04:37 He spent 10 long years.
04:39 And Indian Space Research Organization, that is ISRO came into existence in 1969.
04:50 Now in 1969, with a lot of initiative from the then Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi,
04:58 who had a vision of developing and harnessing space technology in national development while
05:05 pursuing planetary exploration and space science research, ISRO replaced INCOSPAR in the year
05:13 1969.
05:14 Now coming back to Dr. Abdul Kalam.
05:21 Abdul Kalam at that point in time had almost been putting in 10 years of very hard service
05:26 and had developed indigenous SLV, SLV is Space Launch Vehicle and he was attached to India
05:36 Space Research Organization, that is ISRO in 1969.
05:41 Kalam was transferred to ISRO where he was the project director of India's first satellite
05:47 launch, that is SLV-3, which successfully deployed the Rohini satellite in near-Earth
05:54 orbit in July 1980, making India a member of the Exclusive Space Club.
06:04 So Abdul Kalam designed the first indigenous Indian SLV, that is Space Launch Vehicle and
06:14 he launched our first satellite called Rohini satellite and we became in the Exclusive
06:20 Club of people, of countries who have launched their satellites in space.
06:26 This is a story and 1980 was the day when our satellite Rohini went up there and was
06:37 orbiting the Earth.
06:38 So that was a proud moment.
06:40 Now let's go further.
06:42 Now from there on we have been developing.
06:47 Every Prime Minister, every Government, every ISRO head and Abdul Kalam himself has been
06:53 tirelessly working to make all of this happen.
06:57 Now let's come to Chandrayaan.
07:02 This particular Chandrayaan also we need to credit a lot of people.
07:06 People like the ISRO Chairman S. Somnath, people like Mohana Kumar, the Mission Director,
07:13 people like P. Veeramuthuvel, Project Director and his entire team of scientists, worked
07:19 day and night to get this happening.
07:21 You know the big part of this is Chandrayaan was created at a cost of 615 crores only.
07:32 In fact if you go to see Russia's Luna 25 which crashed trying to soft land in Moon
07:39 in the South Pole cost a whopping 1600 crores.
07:43 China's shot to the Moon was even costlier.
07:46 The first probe to Moon costed them 1752 crores.
07:51 Imagine we put a satellite in 615 crores.
07:56 This is what S. Somnath, Mohana Kumar and P. Veeramuthuvel and his team did.
08:03 Fabulous, fabulous achievement.
08:05 When we talk about cost, mind you, we should also talk about the vendors, the vendors who
08:11 ensured that a vehicle could be made at this cost, 615 crores vehicle that landed in Moon,
08:20 successfully landed in Moon, that to the South Pole.
08:24 So we also need to talk about the vendors and the vendors are Larsen and Toubro.
08:30 Larsen and Toubro Aerospace Wing was the key for supplying crucial components for launch
08:35 vehicle of Chandrayaan-3.
08:38 Tata Consultancy Engineering Limited, TCE also engineered unique and indigenously built
08:45 critical systems and subsystems including the propellant plant, the vehicle assembly
08:50 building and the mobile launch pedestal which were custom built for the successful launch
08:56 of the space mission.
08:58 Also metal manufacturing company Mishra Dhatu Nigam which was built, which is based in Hyderabad
09:06 supplying critical materials such as cobalt base alloys, nickel base alloys, titanium
09:12 alloys, special steel for various components of the launch.
09:16 Then we go to Bharat Heavy Electricals who were responsible for supplying the battery
09:21 for Chandrayaan-3.
09:22 We go to MTAR Technologies which provided key parts for the Chandrayaan-3 mission including
09:29 engine and booster pumps.
09:32 Then Godrej Aerospace and Ankit Aerospace reportedly produced key engines, thrusters
09:38 and supplied alloy steel, stainless steel fasteners respectively.
09:43 Then we have the Valchandnagar Industries which is said to have supplied critical booster
09:49 segment S-200 used in the launch vehicle, flex nozzles, control tankage, S-200 flex
09:56 nozzles hardware etc.
09:58 So these were the people who also made all of this happen.
10:01 These were some of the vendors.
10:03 I have not named all but some of the vendors that made yesterday's success story happen.
10:11 Now when we are talking about ISRO we cannot forget Nambi Narayan.
10:16 Nambi Narayan has been an integral part of ISRO.
10:18 He also went through a lot of turmoil in life because of ISRO.
10:24 Now let's talk for a minute about Nambi Narayan.
10:27 Nambi Narayan was in charge of cryogenic division at ISRO.
10:31 If it wasn't for cryogenic, you wouldn't have rockets going up.
10:33 So his contribution was very very important.
10:37 Nambi Narayan is claimed to have foreseen the need of liquid fuel engine for ISRO's
10:42 future civilian programs and introducing the technology in India as early as 1970s.
10:47 Like I told you, if it wasn't for Nambi Narayan, we wouldn't have reached the space.
10:52 He was accused of selling the same technology, that is engine division, that is this liquid
10:59 fuel engine.
11:01 He was accused of selling the same technology to foreign hands.
11:05 Now he was later acquitted by CBI court and the Supreme Court in 1998 and he spent close
11:11 to 50 days in jail along with fellow scientist D. Sashi Kumar and four others.
11:18 The rocket scientist was fighting a legal battle since 1994, first to clear his name
11:23 in the case and then for compensation and now for action against the police officer
11:28 who implicated him.
11:30 So this was a very touching story.
11:33 Of course there are lot of movies based on this, lot of books on this.
11:38 But yeah, I thought when we are talking about our spaceship going up, we cannot not talk
11:44 about Nambi Narayan.
11:46 So this is another great soul, a great mind that one should thank when we talk about successful
11:52 launch of Chandrayaan 3 and successful landing of Chandrayaan 3.
11:57 Now of course, of course, how can we forget the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.
12:03 See, Narendra Modi has been very enthusiastic about our satellite launches, about our space
12:08 programs.
12:09 In fact, if you see figures, Modi government has had 47 ISRO launches, under Manmohan Singh
12:16 there were 24 and under Vajpayee there were 6.
12:19 So there were considerable larger number of launches under Modi.
12:23 So definitely Modi government was seen or Modi government gave a lot of impetus to ISRO
12:30 and launches.
12:31 So these are the people, these are the people that we need to thank.
12:37 These are the seeds that we need to thank when we see the flower of our efforts that
12:45 is our satellite landing in the South Pole of moon yesterday.
12:51 The most important contribution of this has been from all of you all, all of us, all of
12:59 us because all this right from 1947 when it was INCOSPAR to today when it became ISRO
13:09 or 1969 when it was named as ISRO and today is ISRO.
13:12 I think all through the one factor that stood by all this development were the people of
13:20 this country, were the taxes they paid.
13:23 It is the people of this country who stood by, tightened their belts but paid for our
13:28 growth, paid for that pride of that satellite going up there.
13:34 Everybody clapped when that satellite was landing there.
13:37 Some of them didn't know where the next square meal would come from but they clapped because
13:41 they knew it was an Indian satellite that's been launched there.
13:45 So I think the maximum credit of all of this should go to the people of India, the people
13:50 who tightened their belt but ensured that our flag was flying high in the moon.
13:56 So that's the point.
13:57 The reason I am doing this editorial.
14:00 The reason I am doing this editorial is because of course first I wanted to talk about this.
14:04 Secondly, you see what really happens is normally we see the fruit, we praise the fruit, we
14:14 celebrate the fruit like I told you before but one doesn't thank the seed that gave birth
14:22 to this fruit.
14:24 Now what is going to happen to a society that forgets to thank the seed that gave birth
14:28 to a fruit is nobody would want to be a seed.
14:33 Everybody would like to be seen as a fruit because you are only celebrated if you are
14:37 a fruit.
14:38 Nobody, people, leaders will stop foresights.
14:43 They will not do anything that may help India after 50 years, after 100 years.
14:48 They will not do.
14:49 They will say, "Kya fayda hai?
14:50 What is the point?
14:51 Is anybody going to talk about me?
14:52 The person who is there in 50 years or 100 years, he will get all the credit.
14:57 I will not.
14:58 Maybe I will be blamed for it.
14:59 For all you know.
15:01 And if you have leaders who are going to be working for the moment and not for the future,
15:08 you will never be able to develop India.
15:11 So therefore my effort in today's editorial was to thank all those people, all those people,
15:17 as much people I could thank, all those people who put tremendous effort, tremendous effort
15:23 to make ISRO what it is today.
15:29 Also a lot of people I have not mentioned, a lot of leaders I have not mentioned, a lot
15:33 of politicians I have not mentioned, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, B. V. Narasimha Rao, lot of people
15:38 I have not mentioned.
15:40 But all the same, I celebrate all of them today.
15:45 I thank all of them today for the success story of yesterday's mission, Chandraayan
15:50 3.
15:51 Till I see you next time, that is tomorrow at 10, Namaskar.
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