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We Will Have An Indian On The Moon By 2020
Chennai, India (SPX) Jan 21, 2009 Following the footsteps of former President and scientist A P J Abdul Kalam, Mayilsami Annadurai, director of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on Sunday interacted with school students on various aspects of space science, importance of space programmes and ambitions. He addressed the CBSE and State Board students separately at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan and Madras Christian Higher Secondary School respectively. Predicting that an Indian would be put on the moon by 2020, the project director of India's first mission to moon patiently explained to the students all about Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2. He made the students understand with immense interest and involvement why it was important to explore the moon. The Q and A session was a dream come true for many, as the auditorium kept buzzing with questions from excited students. A calm and composed Annadurai embarked on each question with the eloquence of Kalam. On being asked whether he was following Kalam, Annadurai nodded with a smile and remarked, "Yes, I am following his footsteps, very much." There is a pre-Chandrayaan and post-Chandrayaan India, he noted. School students today are well equipped to handle technology and, post-Chandrayaan, there has been a positive change in the attitude of parents and children alike. He told the students to take the advice from their parents and teachers seriously. He talked about how his father wanted him to study literature and named him Annadurai too, but he had stood by his choice and proved that he was successful.
Chandrayaan may dock into school syllabus The Kerala Government has already requested for such an inclusion, Annadurai said, during his interaction with school students here on Monday. Lessons on Chandrayaan will explain every aspect of the moon mission in detail, he added. "All the practical aspects of the launch of Chandrayaan I, from what went in to the configuration of Chandrayaan, to the problems accompanying it, should be known to every student," said Annadurai. Vidya Srinivasan, studying in Class IX at a CBSE school in the city, said, " I am very interested in astronomy. Such a move will help in providing practical knowledge on the subject." Her friend Srinidhi Rajagopalan remarks," If such a thing happens, understanding Chandrayaan will no longer be rocket science." In a Q and A session with the students, the moon boss admitted that the school curriculum badly needed a revamp to make it more practical. Reminiscing his student days, he said they had more opportunity to experiment with and explore nature. Related Links ISRO Mars News and Information at MarsDaily.com Lunar Dreams and more
The Moon Still Beckons
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 20, 2009Like 50 years ago, the Moon continues to attract the world's leading space agencies. In 2009, an impatient NASA will move to reinstate its Saturn V moon-rocket launch facility in order to repeat the triumphant July 1969 lunar landing. |
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