One minute with... Susmita Mohanty

• Autores: Vijaysree Venkatraman
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2905, 2013, pág. 27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Venkatraman interviews Susmita Mohanty, CEO of Earth2Orbit, about India's space program and space travel. She has worked at NASA and Boeing, and holds a PhD in aerospace architecture. Mohanty asserts that the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), which was founded in 1969, launches rockets, builds and uses satellites extensively for earthly applications and has recently started planetary exploration. It tested its first astronaut capsule for atmospheric re-entry in 2007, and is planning to build a residential astronaut training facility. ISRO is also planning a lunar lander mission for 2014 and will launch a mission to Mars this year.