Bangalore (PTI): Space agency ISRO has finalised its project report on India's proposed first manned space mission in 2015 and will submit it to the Government within a few days for approval.

"We have now finalised the project report on the manned mission. The report is going to the Government. The Government will have to review and take a decision soon", Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation, Dr G Madhavan Nair, told reporters on the sidelines of a function here on Friday. He said the Space Commission is scheduled to meet next week, after which the report would be submitted. The Commission would give a recommendation on the total cost of the project, he said.

In 2006, the ISRO had said the preliminary estimated cost for the mission would be Rs 10,000 crore, spread over an eight-year period.

Nair, also Secretary in the Department of Space, said the ISRO is keen on achieving the 2015 target, adding that a "good clarity" on the road-map exists now with the finalisation of the project report. "(In the report) we have assessed what are the technologies involved (for the manned mission), what are the facilities to be established, which of the agencies to participate and so on", Nair said.

He said the ISRO would see if it can have cooperation on the manned mission with other space agencies who are competent, but stressed that it would emerge only over a period of time.

The ISRO had carried out studies for four years from 2003 to examine the technological challenges of a manned space mission and the Indian capability to undertake it.