Aim to make India stronger: ISRO Chairman S Somanath

Jan 04, 2023

Nagpur (Maharashtra), Jan 04 (ANI): The issue of geopolitics emerging in the space sector is very important, but our aim is to make India stronger, said ISRO Chairman S Somanath, while interacting with media in Nagpur on January 04. “The issue of geopolitics emerging in the space sector is very important. We are all observing. It has its own implications in various equations that are emerging. But for India, we have only one quote, i.e., to make our nation stronger. Our technology of space is very important for all of us. It has civilian use, strategic use, and use in various other domains,” said S Somanath. “Traditionally we have been very friendly with everybody. We have been working during the cold war time, with Russia, the US, France, and Japan in bringing space technology to India. We got immensely benefitted from the engagement with all of them and we continued to remain like that. We want to tell all of them that we have a well-defined program in the space sector and we would like to engage with everybody, we work on engaging in writing MoUs, and have scientific plans with all the nations who have active space programs,” he added.