INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
quest to send astronauts to space
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, the IAF chief, said on Friday that the Bengaluru-based Institute of Aerospace Medicine will help in the
selection and training of astronauts.For Gaganyaan, India's human space program, future astronauts will most likely emerge from a group of
elite IAF pilots who are reputed to be high risk takers
These pilots are trained at some of the best training facilities that exist only at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine.The country's only
centrifuge that can simulate the high gravitation forces that an astronaut will face is located at the institute
Since ISRO has almost no capability in human biology, it may take help from the IAF institute.IAF Chief BS Dhanoa assured all help to
ISRO."The Institute of Aerospace Medicine will help in the selection and training of personnel for the Indian manned space program," Air
Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said."It is a useful programme
It is indigenous and it is good that we have in-house capabilities since we have done at least the selection of the first cosmonaut."You
have to ask ISRO when they will do, but Institute of Aerospace Medicine is fully geared up to what they are supposed to do
Selection of the pilot will be done after the QR's (or qualitative requirements) are finalised
I have assured him of our full support
It is fantastic to become the fourth nation in the world to have a manned space programme," he added.
