Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is globally popular for completing complex missions on shoestring budgets. But observers know that annual allocations for the space program are not at all commensurate with the Centre’s astronomical ambitions.
After a gap of a decade, the world is trying to return the boot to the moon. As well as studying Mars further, serious efforts continue towards finding other potential habitats by determining plausible exoplanets in a “habitable zone”. Applying space technology to benefit society and for strategic purposes remains a key focus area.
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