will india will have there own space shuttle in next 5 years ?

Question

as india is progressing we can expect that to be there in next few years.

Answer 1

i feel its possible as .... if asked a few years ago whether anyone feels india will be a progressive country at such a fast pace ....i guess no one would have said yes.... but well.... india has moved ahead with good pace in short span of time inspite of the issues and problems that are still a part of the indian society..... so nothing is impossible and a space shuttle in 5 years could well be possible.

Answer 2

You think about how difficult it is. Russian shuttle flew once only.
US shuttles had two failures.
On the other hands, India is planning a star wars type missile defense, it shall have shuttles too.It shall send a moon probe soon. So, it is very ambitious.

Answer 3

It won't be a space shuttle, but it will be a spacecraft in the same sense as a Russian Soyuz or and American Apollo craft; a one use, no wing type spacecraft.

And it's admirable in one way; they are engineering it themselves. The Chinese craft, for instance, looks like nothing more than a Soyuz craft with a more roomy orbital module attached.

Answer 4

As our former president Kalam said " Manned space exploration is a luxury that india cannot affort. and is also not worth it?".. India's moon mission starts from 2008 (/chandrayan series). I though think india can have the technical know-though but i dont think its worth it- its just showing off. Also price is a mojor consideration in india.

Answer 5

If all goes as planned,ISRO will be testing a reusable launcher next year.it will be different from a space shuttle.it will be based on scramjet technology.

A scramjet is a type of jet engine designed to operate at the high speeds typically associated with rockets. Its main difference from a rocket is that it collects air from the atmosphere to burn its fuel, rather than carrying an oxidizing substance on board. More conventional jets (turbojets, turbofans and ramjets) share this characteristic but are unsuitable for the high speeds at which scramjets can operate.

Turbine-based engines, while efficient for flight at subsonic and supersonic speeds, quickly lose their efficiency at higher Mach numbers. As air enters the compressor, its pressure and temperature increases, with high Mach numbers resulting in high temperatures. High temperatures are undesirable because they can cause melting or structural failure of the engine, and because the energy released from combustion reduces as the temperature of the fuel-air mixture increases. As the available energy decreases, the drag increases with Mach number squared. The maximum operating speed of a turbine-based engine can be increased by cooling the air in the inlet, and by combining the turbine with other thrust-producing technologies like afterburners or ramjets (See for example SABRE).

Ramjets are easier to build for higher operating temperatures than turbojets, and produce less drag. They are thus capable of flight at higher speeds than turbojets (but with the drawback that they cannot usefully operate below about 400mph). However, ramjets must slow intake air down to subsonic speed for fuel mixing and combustion by compressing it at the inlet. At conventional supersonic speeds with subsonic combustion this is more efficient than using a bladed compressor, but at higher speeds a problem develops. The shock wave which forms during the compression process causes a high drag on the engine. The drag on the engine is eventually more than can even theoretically be compensated for by the thrust produced. Similarly to the turbojet, the compression at high speeds causes high temperatures which reduce the combustion efficiency.

For an engine to be efficient, it must have low drag and good combustion efficiency. The theoretical upper operating limit for engines with subsonic combustion is not a hard line, but lies somewhere between Mach 4 and Mach 8 depending on the fuel used.


Diagram illustrating the principle of scramjet operationThe scramjet is intended to avoid the high drag and low combustion efficiency of other types of engine at high Mach number by maintaining supersonic airflow through the whole engine. The lack of a strong shock, as in a ramjet, significantly reduces the drag of the engine. Because intake air is decelerated less than with a ramjet, it is also heated less and fuel can be burnt more efficiently. The difficulty is that at these higher airflow velocities, the fuel must be mixed and burnt in a very short time, and that any error in the geometry of the engine will result in a high drag.

A very simple scramjet would look like two kitchen funnels attached by their small ends. The first funnel is the intake, into which air is forced, compressing and heating in the process. At the narrow section where the funnels join and compression is greatest, fuel is added and combusted which heats the gas further. The gas expands and exits through the second funnel, like the nozzle of a rocket, and thrust is produced.


if the tests take on time and who knows India will have a reusable launcher in 5 years..

Answer 6

spontaneous generation? i thought Pasteur debunked that? or was it Mythbusters?

5 years is an awfully short period to go from nothing to a shuttle. You really need more than a satellite launch service.

Answer 7

Considering the majority of their population lives in squalor, they have no business skipping ahead into the position of first world country. As it is I do not feel they should be allowed to have nukes, since they refuse to feed their own people, but whatever.

Answer 8

India has lots of hungry mouths to feed berfore venturing into space.

Answer 9

Dr. Manmohan Singh is the excellent selection because of the fact he's completely experienced and while we've purely political human beings, they are able to furnish speeches and not products to us. we ought to continually congratulate human beings of India who ought to come to a decision on an precise person.

Answer 10

am sure abt this anser tat is there will b a space shutle in the coming year or the nxt year bcause the shutle work is been started after last launch.