New Delhi: After getting massive success in Mars and Moon mission, India – is planning to record another achievement in the space industry in a short time. ISRO chairman S Somnath, during a one-day meeting to discuss space-based studies, said that “the Indian Space and Research Organisation (Isro) is ready to send an orbiter to Earth’s mysterious twin — Venus.”
India emerges on the global stage as a champion of low-cost interplanetary missions, Venus is the next destination with plans to explore asteroids in the future.
ISRO chairman S Somnath said that “work on the mission has been going on for years and that the space agency is ready with a mission plan and funds needed to sustain the exploration.”
“Work has been going for years. Currently, the Venus mission is conceived, the project report is made, overall plans are ready, money is identified, and all that thing is done. Building and putting a mission on Venus is possible for India in a very short space of time, as the capability today exists with India,” Added S Somnath.
The mission will be aimed at studying the Venusian atmosphere, which is toxic and corrosive in nature with clouds of sulfuric acid covering the planet.
Apart from Isro’s orbiter mission, Nasa is sending two spacecraft to study Venus. The American space agency has earmarked nearly $1 billion to explore the inferno world of Venus.
(Vinayak)
