Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma in conversation with Down To Earth. Photo: Srikant Chaudhary
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Rakesh Sharma on space exploration and technology
Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To Earth about the exhilarating moment, space exploration, humans as multi-planetary species, ISRO's plan to send a humanoid to space and weaponisation of space in a four-part series
Earth’s resources not infinite, so space exploration natural
Here is the first part in which he speaks of his journey to space and humans looking for an alternate habitation in space
Humans will leave Earth not to explore, but to exploit
Click here to read the second part of the series where he talks about saving the environment and Moon being a preferred place to live after Earth
ISRO has realised Sarabhai’s vision of using space technology to help the common man
Here is the third instalment in which Sharma tells DTE about the Gaganyaan Mission
If we can change our mindsets, let’s make a heaven here… Why go elsewhere?
In this fourth and last instalment, he talks about the anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) test and weaponisation of space