In defence of Mangalyaan: Why even developing countries like India need space research programmes - SCI-ART LAB2024-03-29T11:37:50Zhttps://kkartlab.in/forum/topics/in-defence-of-mangalyaan-why-even-developing-countries-like-india?groupUrl=some-science&commentId=2816864%3AComment%3A111943&groupId=2816864%3AGroup%3A80038&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSpace research in anti-cancer…tag:kkartlab.in,2024-03-26:2816864:Comment:2522252024-03-26T06:09:57.133ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<h1 class="text-extra-large line-low mb-2">Space research in anti-cancer fight</h1>
<p><span>Experiments in the weightless environment of space have led to "crazy progress" in the fight against cancer, NASA officials say.</span></p>
<p><span>Not only do cells in space age more rapidly, speeding up research, their structures are also described as "purer."</span></p>
<p><span>They all don't clump together (as they do) on Earth because of gravity. They are suspended in space enabling better…</span></p>
<h1 class="text-extra-large line-low mb-2">Space research in anti-cancer fight</h1>
<p><span>Experiments in the weightless environment of space have led to "crazy progress" in the fight against cancer, NASA officials say.</span></p>
<p><span>Not only do cells in space age more rapidly, speeding up research, their structures are also described as "purer."</span></p>
<p><span>They all don't clump together (as they do) on Earth because of gravity. They are suspended in space enabling better analysis of their molecular structures.</span></p>
<p><span>Research conducted in space can help make cancer drugs more effective.</span></p>
<p>Pharmaceutical giant Merck has conducted research on the ISS with Keytruda, an anti-cancer drug that patients now receive intravenously.</p>
<p>Its key ingredient is difficult to transform into a liquid. One solution is crystallization, a process often used in drug manufacturing.</p>
<p>In 2017, Merck conducted experiments to see if the crystals would form more rapidly in space than on Earth.</p>
<p>Two pictures taken demonstrate the difference. The first showed a blurry, transparent spot. But on the second, a large number of clear gray spots had emerged.</p>
<p>That photo showed that smaller, more uniform crystals were forming in space—and "forming better".</p>
<p><span>Thanks to such research, researchers will be able to make a drug that can be administered by injection in a doctor's office instead of through long and painful chemotherapy treatments.</span></p>
<p>Merck identified techniques that can help it imitate the effects of these crystals on Earth as it works to develop a drug that can be stored at room temperature.</p>
<p>Still, it can take years between research in space and the wide availability of a drug developed there.</p>
<p>Cancer research in space began more than 40 years ago but has become "revolutionary" in recent years.</p>
<p>Biden launched a "Cancer Moonshot" initiative in 2016, when he was then vice president, echoing a speech by John F. Kennedy some 60 years earlier outlining the bold goal of sending an American to the moon.</p>
<p>The goal of the "Moonshot" is to halve the death rate from cancer over the next quarter century, saving four million lives, according to the White House.</p>
<p>Political realities may hinder that ambitious goal, though. Congress has earmarked just over $25 billion to NASA for 2024, two percent less than the previous year and well below what the White House had sought.</p>
<p></p>
<p>"The ability of space to capture the imagination is huge. And space<span> cancer research</span><span> </span>has a firm goal: "It can save lives." and should be pursued, according to the scientific community.</p>
<p>Source: <span>AFP</span></p> Megapixel camera like 1600 sp…tag:kkartlab.in,2015-06-03:2816864:Comment:1286762015-06-03T05:20:33.372ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>Megapixel camera like 1600 space invention have revolutionized common man’s life, ISRO chief <br></br> More than 1600 technological innovations that were created for space applications have played revolutionary role in daily life of a common man, said ISRO chief A S Kiran Kumar at a convocation ceremony of a private university in New Delhi. While addressing the crowd he said that technologies including megapixel camera, MRI, advanced cardiac pacemakers, all were developed for space applications…</p>
<p>Megapixel camera like 1600 space invention have revolutionized common man’s life, ISRO chief <br/> More than 1600 technological innovations that were created for space applications have played revolutionary role in daily life of a common man, said ISRO chief A S Kiran Kumar at a convocation ceremony of a private university in New Delhi. While addressing the crowd he said that technologies including megapixel camera, MRI, advanced cardiac pacemakers, all were developed for space applications which later became essential part human life on Earth.</p>
<p>“The megapixel cameras using which you take selfies was originally designed of space photography. The MRI that acts as guide to life-saving (medical process) was made for moon observation for Apollo Mission. Velcro used in bags, shoes and purses were popularised to bind equipment in zero gravity solutions. In fact, over 1,600 technologies ended up revolutionising our lives,” he said.</p>
<p>He also accepted the fact that India needs to innovate in order to compete with other countries. Also, the innovation must come in a cost effective manner. For this to accomplish researchers can use existing technology, knowledge and expertise to innovate and develop new technology in a cost-effective manner, according to the ISRO chief. While being proud, he said that ISRO has always been on the same path and has successfully adopted its innovative concepts and technologies since early days of its inception.</p>
<p>He further pointed out that India’s space missions including GAGAN, IRNSS, Astrosat, Aditya have seen several technological advances. Now, ISRO scientists are working on making reusable space shuttles which will significantly bring down the cost of satellite launches.</p>
<p>Apart from megapixel camera, memory foam mattresses, home blood pressure kits, digital signal processing for MRI and Cat scans, dental braces, cardiac pacemakers, scratch resistant lenses, implantable insulin pumps, etc are some out of 1600 technological advancement that were developed for space missions, eventually ended up revolutionizing common man’s life.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tecake.com/1600-space-applications-revolutionized-common-mans-life-isro-chief/8423/#sthash.0SOx9dZL.dpuf" target="_blank">http://www.tecake.com/1600-space-applications-revolutionized-common...</a></p>
<p>--</p>
<p><a href="http://www.microfinancemonitor.com/2015/06/01/more-than-1600-space-applications-changed-revolutionised-our-lives-says-isro-chief-kumar/" target="_blank">http://www.microfinancemonitor.com/2015/06/01/more-than-1600-space-...</a></p>
<h1 class="name post-title entry-title"><span>How more than 1600 space applications revolutionised our lives?</span></h1>
<p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date">June 1, 2015</span></p>
<div id="attachment_25869" style="width: 310px;" class="wp-caption alignleft"><br/><p class="wp-caption-text"></p>
</div>
<p>From home-based BP machines to camera pixels to hi-fi MRI and CAT scans, more than 1,600 applications originally developed for space applications have made their way into our daily lives revolutionising our life-style, said ISRO chief A.S. Kiran Kumar.</p>
<p>He said most of these innovations do not come from a single new technology but come from an existing technology that undergoes constant updates and refining with the latest technology offering cost benefit and better performance, said Dr. Kumar.</p>
<p>“The megapixel cameras using which you take selfies was originally designed of space photography. The MRI that acts as guide to life-saving was made for moon observation for Apollo Mission… In fact, over 1,600 technologies ended up revolutiionsing our lives,” he said.</p>
<p>“We indeed have space technology to thank for memory foam mattresses, home blood pressure kits, CMOS sensors for mobile phone cameras of today, digital signal processing technology for MRI and CAT scans, scratch-resistant lenses, implantable insulin pumps, advanced cardiac pacemakers, modern dental braces and so much more,” he noted.</p>
<p>Kumar has pointed out India’s GAGAN, IRNSS, Astrosat, Aditya and other space missions which have offered or will offer similar advances made in technology and the next major phase in its exploration of deep space with re-usable shuttle will test some more technologies in the future, which could bring down the price of satellite launches.</p>
<p>Speaking at a convocatipon ceremony of a private university in New Delhi, according to a PTI report, the ISRO chief pondered on Velcro of Swiss-based technology that was in vogue since the 1940s but made its way into the Apollo mission for moon study in the late 1960s.</p>
<p>Even the megapixel cameras used in mobile phones of today to take selfies were used originally for space photography, he reminded. No wonder, we have several space applications which require application to make lives of people better.</p>
<p>Essentially, A.S. Kumar is reiterating the fact which was highlighted by then DRDO chief and former President Abul Kalam who made the light-weight material used in rocket science applicable to make Jaipur leg for patients who had lost their parts.</p> India developing atomic clock…tag:kkartlab.in,2015-05-22:2816864:Comment:1280442015-05-22T02:13:47.357ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>India developing atomic clocks for use on satellites</p>
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing rubidium-based, high-precision atomic clocks for use in its next series of navigation satellites, ISRO Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar said on Wednesday.<br />
<br />
The ISRO is building the seven-satellite regional navigation constellation. The four that are up use European atomic clocks. These satellites, meant for civil and military uses, need to show the exact position and time of persons…
<p>India developing atomic clocks for use on satellites</p>
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing rubidium-based, high-precision atomic clocks for use in its next series of navigation satellites, ISRO Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar said on Wednesday.<br />
<br />
The ISRO is building the seven-satellite regional navigation constellation. The four that are up use European atomic clocks. These satellites, meant for civil and military uses, need to show the exact position and time of persons and objects on earth. So, they should keep extremely accurate time as they send signals.<br />
<br />
The ISRO’s Space Applications Centre in Ahmedabad is developing prototypes of atomic clocks, along with the CSIR’s National Physical Laboratory in New Delhi, Dr. Kiran Kumar said on the sidelines of an event organised by the Metrology Society here.<br />
<br />
“We still have to make qualified and flight-worthy versions. Our next generation navigation satellites will carry our own clocks” when they start replacing the IRNSS-1 series after their life of 10 years, he said. The IRNSS has commonly been called India’s own local ‘GPS.’<br />
<br />
A senior scientist says the atomic clock figures among the top critical technologies to be developed indigenously.<br />
<br />
Each navigation spacecraft carries an active and two stand-by clocks. The home-made ones need to be compact and fuel-efficient in space.<br />
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/india-developing-atomic-clocks-for-use-on-satellites/article7229191.ece?ref=tpnews" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/india-developing-atomic-clocks-for-use-on-satellites/article7229191.ece?ref=tpnews</a> tag:kkartlab.in,2015-03-19:2816864:Comment:1271572015-03-19T03:26:38.224ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h2I8AoB1xgU?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe>
</p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h2I8AoB1xgU?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe>
</p> Most of Earth’s methane comes…tag:kkartlab.in,2014-12-17:2816864:Comment:1227982014-12-17T02:50:24.789ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>Most of Earth’s <strong>methane</strong> comes from anaerobic bacteria living in low-oxygen environments, such as stagnant water and the guts of animals, though abiotic processes such as hot water flowing through mineral-rich rock can also produce the gas.</p>
<p></p>
Mars’s minuscule methane background is broadly consistent with what should be produced by ultraviolet light striking the carbon-rich debris of meteorites, comets, and interplanetary dust that periodically fall to the Red…
<p>Most of Earth’s <strong>methane</strong> comes from anaerobic bacteria living in low-oxygen environments, such as stagnant water and the guts of animals, though abiotic processes such as hot water flowing through mineral-rich rock can also produce the gas.</p>
<p></p>
Mars’s minuscule methane background is broadly consistent with what should be produced by ultraviolet light striking the carbon-rich debris of meteorites, comets, and interplanetary dust that periodically fall to the Red Planet. But this mechanism cannot easily explain the methane spikes on Mars. Alternatively, the methane spikes may come from unseen, buried deposits of clathrates, lattices of ice that can trap gases such as methane in their crystalline structure. Another possibility is that the methane spikes aren’t small, transient events produced near Curiosity, but that they are instead whiffs of larger methane releases occurring much farther away on the planet. The results show that methane has a source on the planet. MOM taught us much: ISRO chie…tag:kkartlab.in,2014-11-18:2816864:Comment:1219942014-11-18T04:23:05.160ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>MOM taught us much: ISRO chief<br></br> <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/mom-taught-us-much-isro-chief/article6607131.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/mom-taught-us-much-isro-chief/article6607131.ece</a></p>
<p>People’s participation</p>
<p>People from different walks of life, too, felt that they were contributors to the mission at a different level, he said.<br></br> To help research</p>
<p>Explaining that the purpose of India was not just to…</p>
<p>MOM taught us much: ISRO chief<br/> <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/mom-taught-us-much-isro-chief/article6607131.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/mom-taught-us-much-isro-chief/article6607131.ece</a></p>
<p>People’s participation</p>
<p>People from different walks of life, too, felt that they were contributors to the mission at a different level, he said.<br/> To help research</p>
<p>Explaining that the purpose of India was not just to show the outer world its space capabilities, Dr. Radhakrishnan said the Mission was actually for helping people in the modern era and open doors for newer research activities.</p>
<p>He said it was the successful space missions pioneered by the country that equipped it to predict natural calamities on time.</p>
<p>Referring to some of the most important techniques used to reap success in the Mars mission, Dr. Radhakrishnan said the smart satellites used by the country in the project could set new heights in the area.</p>
<p>“It automatically took over the control of the command systems when possibilities of timely human interventions were minimal at a very long distance. The technology would be useful for the country in several other developing areas,” he said</p> In space science, Failure Is…tag:kkartlab.in,2014-10-30:2816864:Comment:1213262014-10-30T04:36:47.904ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>In space science, Failure Is Always An Option:<br/> <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/2014/10/29/failure-is-always-an-option/" target="_blank">http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/2014/10/29/failure-is-always-an-option/</a></p>
<p>In space science, Failure Is Always An Option:<br/> <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/2014/10/29/failure-is-always-an-option/" target="_blank">http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/2014/10/29/failure-is-always-an-option/</a></p> Only one unmanned Chandrayaan…tag:kkartlab.in,2014-10-14:2816864:Comment:1209272014-10-14T02:59:30.158ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>Only one unmanned Chandrayaan mission by ISRO accomplished much more than all the 15 Apollo missions combined.</p>
<p>Also ISRO can send a kilogram into space for as low as $2000, compared to $40,000 by NASA.</p>
<p>Some more facts to feel proud of ISRO:</p>
<p>ISRO's (Indian space research organization) last 40 years expenditure is not even half of NASA's single year budget. ISRO's Chandrayaan - 1 costed 373 crores (approx) which is almost 9 times less than what NASA spent on a similar…</p>
<p>Only one unmanned Chandrayaan mission by ISRO accomplished much more than all the 15 Apollo missions combined.</p>
<p>Also ISRO can send a kilogram into space for as low as $2000, compared to $40,000 by NASA.</p>
<p>Some more facts to feel proud of ISRO:</p>
<p>ISRO's (Indian space research organization) last 40 years expenditure is not even half of NASA's single year budget. ISRO's Chandrayaan - 1 costed 373 crores (approx) which is almost 9 times less than what NASA spent on a similar exploration.</p>
<p>ISRO's budget is only 0.34 per cent of the central government expenditure at present and 0.08 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).</p>
<p>IRNSS or Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System is one of the few navigation systems in the world and will provide an alternative to systems like the GPS (global positioning system) owned by the US, for navigation in and around India.</p>
<p>Indian Remote Sensing satellites (IRS) are a series of earth observation satellites, built, launched and maintained by ISRO.Even NASA envies the quality of information provided by IRS, which are touted to be the best in the world.</p>
<p>Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology is one of its kind college which prepares rocket scientists exclusively for ISRO. Education is completely free at IIST.</p>
<p>Despite having only 3% of budgetary allowance comapred to NASA, ISRO is trying to probe Sun, Venus, Mars , near earth objects like asteroids and also launch the first Indian manned flight, all before 2020.</p> tag:kkartlab.in,2014-09-27:2816864:Comment:1204372014-09-27T07:17:13.408ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2961179068?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2961179068?profile=original" width="485"/></a></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2961179068?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2961179068?profile=original" width="485"/></a></p> **tag:kkartlab.in,2014-09-20:2816864:Comment:1206112014-09-20T04:28:48.050ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>**</p>
<p>**</p>