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Reusable rocket launch by 2010: ISRO chief

BANGALORE: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G. Madhavan Nair on Monday told journalists that the country would launch a reusable rocket by 2010.

Dr. Nair said scientists have designed a “demonstrator” to measure parameters of the vehicle and the work was on. A facility to study aerodynamics and related matters was coming up in Thiruvananthapuram.

ISRO was also concentrating on a Mars mission, which could take place in 2012. “We have thrown this idea to the scientific community. They are coming out with some proposals and suggestions,” Dr. Nair said.

He was speaking at Vidhana Soudha after the launch of the EduSat programme for 102 Government Colleges.

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