What is all this white stuff coming off the rocket?
TBH all our launch vehicles especially GSLV MK2/3 are quite inefficient wrt to other foreign vehicles. We have a long way to go. SCE and LOX engine(under development) will hopefully make us more efficient!!
Not really, we actually begun at scale of PRC & Japan sometime in 90s and our cryo entry was only in 2010s. It's been only a short while since India has been major space player.We are way behind in space tech and the gap is only widening thanks to all these private companies. Let’s see how the ISRO-Japan moon mission collaboration works out. I think we need to be at $6 trillion+ GDP (upper middle income) to be able to afford a big R&D budget for space and other strategic technology. Let’s see.
What is all this white stuff coming off the rocket?
Yes then we did not grow like PRC and our space budget stagnated. Not to mention scam after scam by ANC did not help as the focus was elsewhere. We should have been at $5-6 trillion by now even at conservative growth levels. Nothing except poor administration and anti development policy by ANC put us here. Have to wait until R&D budget goes up significantly. I am waiting to see how India’s private players help accelerate ISRO’s ambitions. Let’s see.Not really, we actually begun at scale of PRC & Japan sometime in 90s and our cryo entry was only in 2010s. It's been only a short while since India has been major space player.
Budget will shoot up only as per requirement as technology advances.
Its seems ANC really doesnt want India to grow. They working on something else, which now people start feeling.Yes then we did not grow like PRC and our space budget stagnated. Not to mention scam after scam by ANC did not help as the focus was elsewhere. We should have been at $5-6 trillion by now even at conservative growth levels. Nothing except poor administration and anti development policy by ANC put us here. Have to wait until R&D budget goes up significantly. I am waiting to see how India’s private players help accelerate ISRO’s ambitions. Let’s see.
No, it's vice versa. Our space budget was stagnated because our program was limited.Yes then we did not grow like PRC and our space budget stagnated. Not to mention scam after scam by ANC did not help as the focus was elsewhere. We should have been at $5-6 trillion by now even at conservative growth levels. Nothing except poor administration and anti development policy by ANC put us here. Have to wait until R&D budget goes up significantly. I am waiting to see how India’s private players help accelerate ISRO’s ambitions. Let’s see.
exactly even with our massive defense budget we return thousands of crores to ministry because simply don't have good enough military industrial capacity that our military demands!!No, it's vice versa. Our space budget was stagnated because our program was limited.
PRC was already there in 1990s where are today.
Space budget was insignificant not because of budget crunch but because there was no plan. And it won't outgrow NASA tomorrow suddenly if economy grows since R&D consumes time.
GSLV is the Frankenstein of space launch vehicles.how efficient the crypt stage is !!
MOst failures of GSLV were of MK1 which had russian CUS.GSLV is the Frankenstein of space launch vehicles.
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Straping on 4 individual liquid boosters, each with its own plumbing and separate fuel & oxidizer tanks . Which hauls an empty steel 1st stage for approx 10 seconds(don't quote me on this, not too sure.)
All of this, is because ISRO wasn't able to cluster 4-5 engines and provide it with thrust vector or Vernier thruster, which would in turn given us a much simpler two-stage vehicle and eliminated any need for the single Vikas engined 2nd stage.
And let's not talk about the COMPLEX non-restartble staged combustion upper(vaccum) stage hydrolox engine (c.e7.5) which is near impossible to be properly tested on a test stand in ground settings. And took us 5 failed/partially launches over a decade to overcome.
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Ok, 3 failures with indigenous engine out of total 6. Out of which the most recent was just 2 year ago.MOst failures of GSLV were of MK1 which had russian CUS.
Its fine naa.. New Engine... failures are expected. Same happened with SLV, ASLV series too. Or for that matter Spacex too had fare share when they ventured into new area.Ok, 3 failures with indigenous engine out of total 6.
Naa, only 2 failures with Indigenous engine, D3 & F10 flightsOk, 3 failures with indigenous engine out of total 6. Out of which the most recent was just 2 year ago.
Unnecessary rantGSLV is the Frankenstein of space launch vehicles.
(RANT INCOMING)
Straping on 4 individual liquid boosters, each with its own plumbing and separate fuel & oxidizer tanks . Which hauls an empty steel 1st stage for approx 10 seconds(don't quote me on this, not too sure.)
All of this, is because ISRO wasn't able to cluster 4-5 engines and provide it with thrust vector or Vernier thruster, which would in turn given us a much simpler two-stage vehicle and eliminated any need for the single Vikas engined 2nd stage.
And let's not talk about the COMPLEX non-restartble staged combustion upper(vaccum) stage hydrolox engine (c.e7.5) which is near impossible to be properly tested on a test stand in ground settings. And took us 5 failed/partially launches over a decade to overcome.
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