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India closer to developing its own space shuttle

Calm down Hitler, having weaponry is space by any nation is not allowed, it's against the international law... The PAROS.
Preventing an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS):

The overwhelming majority of UN member states are concerned that the weaponization of outer space will lead to an arms race and insist that a multilateral treaty is the only way to prevent such an arms race, emphasizing that this treaty would not limit space access, but would prevent such limitations. In 2006, Russia argued that if all states observe a prohibition on space weaponization, there will be no arms race. Russia and China also support establishing an obligation of no use or threat of use of force against space objects and have submitted a draft treaty to the UN on preventing the placement of weapons in outer space.

However missiles launched from surface to destroy satellites are very much allowed.


That treaty would only prohibit stationing of weapons in outer space, pretty much like Outer space treaty does. A Space shuttle carrying satellite killing missiles would be counted same as an anti satellite missile launched from ground ,as in case of space shuttles ,like missiles, there is no permanent stationing of weapons in outer space.
 
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space shuttle is costly to maintain. And not feasible for more more than 20 years of operation.
 
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@ghazaliy2k
As far as ISRO is concerned, our space program is far more mature compared to aviation industry.
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Please remember that unlike military aviation, India didnot have much choice in space exploration and whatever we have achieved till date is primarily owing to domestic efforts supported at some critical junctures by Russia.
Today PSLV is one of the most successful satellite launcher not to mention per unit kg payload wise one of the cheapest.
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Last Year during GSLV Mk 3 launch, Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE) was successfully tested and demonstrated that indigenous design and engineered technology for re-entry vehicles is in our grasp.
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Read more here.
It therefore is no hyperbole that India is in a far better position to develop spacecraft technologies than several other nations.
There is no reason to believe why such a technology cannot be developed in India.
Clam down that guy @ghazaliy2k will never return now. He got his punch, every time we do something new they get their arse burn. :lol:
 
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space shuttle is costly to maintain. And not feasible for more more than 20 years of operation.
Yup ISRO is that much idiot,, and never done cost feasibility study,

even govt. of india is idiot who sanctioned the program without any feasibility study. You Pakistanis. :rofl:
 
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Yup ISRO is that much idiot,, and never done cost feasibility study,

even govt. of india is idiot who sanctioned the program without any feasibility study. You Pakistanis. :rofl:

ISRO will not go for such space shuttle program. They will rather use shuttle mounted on a LV. Go and get your facts correct, Indian.
 
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Why do you need to develop a space shuttle when your super duper Tejas is very close to being ready LOL











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Isro's 1.5-tonne vehicle is undergoing final preparations and is expected to make its maiden flight towards the end of July or August. (Representative picture)

MUMBAI: India is on the cusp of developing its own reusable space launch vehicle, popularly known as a space shuttle. Isro's 1.5 tonne vehicle resembling an aircraft is provisionally slated to make its maiden flight towards the end of July or August from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

Officially known as the reusable launch vehicle (RLV-TD), it is undergoing final preparations at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram. Its primary role will be to reduce the cost of access to space. The cost of placing 1kg of object in space is about $5,000, which scientists are hoping will come down to about $500 with the RLV.

As of now, there are no plans to use it for a manned mission. Speaking to TOI, those connected with the nearly Rs 100-crore project said that the spacecraft will initially be carried by a single solid rocket booster with nine tonnes of propellants.

After lift off, it will zoom to an altitude of 70km and then execute a soft landing in the Bay of Bengal. The duration of this sub-orbital mission is expected to be around 900 seconds.

The most anticipated moment will be when the vehicle re-enters the Earth's atmosphere at five times the speed of sound. An Isro engineer told TOI: "To prevent the vehicle from getting damaged (due to heat), its nose has been protected by carbon-carbon and there are about 600 heat-resistant tiles placed around the vehicle. These tiles will be able to withstand a temperature to about 1,200 degrees Celsius."

The space-qualified tiles have been procured from Tamil Nadu.

Interestingly, after it splashes down, the vehicle will sink to the bottom of the sea and for now there are no plans to recover it.

"We have simulated different scenarios and we know what can happen. But, we have kept other options open. If there is a change of thinking at the last moment, we may seek the help of the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard to recover it," the engineer said.

Isro ultimately plans to develop technology to land the shuttle on a runway.

The mission, which will attract global interest, will evaluate technologies such as hypersonic flight, autonomous landing, powered cruise flight and hypersonic flight using air-breathing propulsion.

These technologies will be developed in phases through a series of experimental flights. The first in the series is the hypersonic flight experiment followed by the landing experiment, return flight experiment and scramjet propulsion experiment.

India closer to developing its own space shuttle - The Times of India
 
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space shuttle is costly to maintain. And not feasible for more more than 20 years of operation.
You are right that Space shuttles are a costly technology, but at the same time these are proven too. NASA conducted large number of missions successfully with them. But as is with normal aircrafts too, the brunt borne by the structure during exit and entry of earth's atmosphere is quite taxing and as a result the life of the crafts is limited and require quite a bit of maintenance before taking up a mission.
 
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