Looking up to moon

23/02/2017

From being an object of beauty and soothing light at night, moon may soon turn into a power house for the world’s energy needs, and India may be able to tap this resource by 2030. India’s all energy requirements can be met through Helium 3 mined from Moon, according to Dr Sivathanu Pillai, Distinguished Professor of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which recently launched a record 104 satellites in through a single launch. Mining lunar dust which is rich in Helium 3 was a priority programme for his organisation. Other countries as well were also working on this project and there was enough Helium in Moon which can meet the energy requirements of the whole world. They are planning the whole of process of mining Helium in the Moon, producing energy and transporting it back to earth. Creating low cost access to Moon and developing multi-purpose and reusable vehicles will help in a big way mining in planets and space tourism.
India had now begun acknowledging the growing requirements of space technology for its national security and was beginning to pit in place relevant policy and institutional frameworks. At present the country possessed one of the largest constellations of communication and remote sensing satellites covering Asia Pacific. Though India continues with a civilian orientation to its space programme, the changing regional and global realities require it to also develop military assets in space and on ground, as an emerging regional and global power, he said.
There was a need for a dedicated military space programme with adequate resources at its disposal because of “the changing realities in our neighbourhood”. The need for framing the right regulations and the innovations required to frame regulations. Transponder capacity falls far short of the increasing demand and the processes for leasing capacity from commercial satellites remained cumbersome taking anywhere between three to nine months for gaining regulatory approvals.

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