At a time when the entire nation is beaming with pride and joy after the success of the?Chandrayaan-3?mission, a former ISRO chairman has given further details about the scientists that work at?ISRO.
While ISRO was able to successfully land?Chandrayaan-3?on the lunar south pole with a budget amounting to just Rs 615 crore, less than Nolan's interstellar, the wages that the scientists receive for working at the national space agency (ISRO) are hardly one-fifth of what is given globally, said former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair.??
"The wages paid to the scientists, technicians, and other staff at ISRO are hardly one-fifth of what is given globally. So that gives an advantage," Nair told PTI while talking about the Indian space agency's history of exploring space at very low expenses, as per the ET report.
As a result of poor wages, the scientists have to 'find low-cost solutions for space exploration,' said Nair. He added that there are no millionaires among ISRO scientists, and they always live a very normal and subdued life.
"They are not really bothered about the money but are passionate and dedicated to their mission. That is how we achieved greater heights," Nair said.
Nair added that India uses home-grown technology for its space missions, and that helped them reduce the cost considerably. He said the space mission costs of India are 50 to 60 percent lower compared to the space missions of other countries.
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The former ISRO chairman is confident about the commercial contracts the country will receive as a result of this successful expedition.?The former ISRO chairman said the success of Chandrayaan-3 was the first stepping stone to begin India's planetary explorations. "We have really broken the ice and made a good beginning," he said.
"Certainly the global people will accept our technical competence and quality of our launch system and spacecraft, etc. International cooperation has been on the agenda of the Indian space programme, and it will be strengthened in the days to come," Nair added.
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