The Indian Space Research Organization has submitted proposals for the development of indigenous technologies for a sustainable Indian space program and space exploration. ISRO’s Directorate of Human Space Program, headquartered in the city, has sought proposals for 18 preliminary technology development areas.
India & # 39; s First Manned Mission to Space & # 39; Gaganyaan & # 39; is planned around 2022. Four Indian Air Force fighter pilots are currently being trained in Moscow and are likely to be a potential candidate mission. July 15 has been set as the last date for submitting proposals in 18 areas, including radiation hazard and mitigation characterization, space food and related technologies, human-robot interfaces, environmental control and life support systems, human psychology for long-term missions and simulated gravity technologies.
“Proposals are being sought from national research / academic institutions to develop affordable and indigenous advanced technologies for human survival in low Earth orbit and beyond for space exploration,” the directorate said in its Opportunities (AO) announcement. # The Principal Investigator of the proposal should provide the necessary details and use of technology or solutions for human space programs that can bridge the gap in affordability and indigenization, as well as the ability to identify a space-qualified utility. cargo or solution, according to the AO.
ISRO will form a selection committee to evaluate the proposals, it said, and the screening of the proposals will be based on scientific benefits, relevance, technical content and feasibility perspective.