Indian Space Research Organisation ne apne Gaganyaan project ko jaldi nahi karne ka faisla liya hai. ISRO ke chairman S Somanath ne kaha ki unhe yeh ensure karna hai ki desh ka pehla manned space mission “sure shot safe mission” ho. Unhone yeh bataya ki Gaganyaan ko 2022 mein launch karne ka plan tha, lekin COVID-19 ki wajah se ismein badi der ho gayi hai. Somanath ne SMOPS-2023 conference ke dauran reporters se kaha ki ab unki soch alag hai. Ab hum jaldi nahi karna chahte. Ye humne faisla liya hai. Manavayu yatra ki mukhya uddeshya hai ek sure shot safe mission hona.
Space agency ne mission ko aise redefine kiya hai ki pehli koshish mein hi safal ho jaye. Iske liye unhone haal hi mein testing aur demonstration mission ko kaafi badhaya hai. Ismein crew ki suraksha ko dhyan mein rakhte hue aur bhi zaroori abort missions shaamil kiye gaye hain, unhonne bataya.
Somanath ke anusar, pehla exercise shayad August mein ho, jo pehle July mein plan tha. “Toh, is saal do abort missions hona chahiye, uske baad shayad agle saal shuru mein ek unmanned mission ho,” ISRO ke chairman ne kaha.
Space scientist ne bataya ki sabhi engine test programmes ISRO ke andar poore ho chuke hain. Somanath ne kaha ki bahut saare activities ho rahe hain, har hafte kam se kam kuch bade tests ho rahe hain. “Mere liye aath bade tests hain aur agar saare tests bina kisi problem ke safal ho jate hain, toh launch 2024 aur 2025 ke beech mein hoga. Lekin agar mujhe koi problem ya mushkil aati hai, jo iss process mein prakritik hai, toh mujhe schedule ke liye adjustment karna hoga,” unhone kaha.
India ke pehle solar mission, Aditya-L1, ke baare mein Somanath ne kaha ki launch window is saal August se next year January tak hai. “Agar hum August mein launch nahi kar paate, toh hum agle saal January mein jayenge,” unhone kaha.
Chandrayaan-3 ke baare mein Somanath ne kaha ki ye July ke beech mein launch hone wala hai. ISRO Chandrayaan-2 mission ke tarike ko hi follow karega, unhone kaha. “Hum Chandrayaan-2 ki tarah hi ja rahe hain kyunki humne pehle waisa hi kiya hai. Humare paas usko iss tarah se karne ka anubhav hai, lekin yeh sab kuch aur aane wale contingency conditions pe depend karta hai,” Somanath ne kaha, aur jaise pehle, landing flight bilkul waisa hi rahega. Koi badlav nahi hai.” Ek sawaal par jawaab dete hue, jab unse pucha gaya ki indigenous Chandrayaan-3 kitna hai, ISRO ke chairman ne kaha, “Jo hum ISRO mein kar rahe hain, wo 100% indigenous
