MIDHANI just got a contract to supply Titanium Rings to SpaceX. Yet they can also provide similar services to ISRO without the need for standardization.
When you talk about Standard Lanuch System. Then the discussion doesn't just stay confined to bolts & rings, it gets to rocket engines, propellants. Even the composition of alloys & designs for the pressurized cryogenic tanks.
Have you ever worked in any Engineering capacity?
Standardisation is worked upon for making standard size of small components from bolts to bearings, shafts and their welding & semiconductor/communication frequencies etc.. Final assembly is of producing countries own design.
A whole rocket engine or propellant for world is never going to be standardised. There can be some limits set about pollution scale though (which are not yet in place). It is all about technology and headache of country who knows how to make a rocket.
It takes billions of dollars for USA to test these equipments. And they don't even allowed anyone other than US citizen to work in their public & private space agencies.
With out USA directly providing the designs, material & data to partner nations, how suppose are we gonna build these "Standard Lanuch System"
Engineering testing is done in Indian standards too before commissioning item in service.
US may write any standard catalogue for alloy composition useful for countries with launch technologies.
Signing this treaty isn't an obligation to use them anyway. So, India isn't obligated to import American alloys if doesn't produce at home.
If US doesn't transfer metallurgy, it won't be produced and used and things will move on per Indian specs. If it does, we get something new to learn. Simple is that.
Added above all, no talk has been initiated regarding that and standardisation is just a proposal, all your concerns are hollow.
These sure sounds like Logistics sharing & communication agreements.
If under Artemis Accord we have to provide our services for saving stranded US astronauts. Then it's nothing but a logistics sharing pact.
This doesn't always need to translate to sharing lauch pads.
Logistics agreements would be about supplies to ISS etc. which aren't there. Human space program hasn't reached naval military scale and hence nothing comparable to Logistics Agreement is possible.
Support of stranded Astronauts of US or any other country will be happily done by any country in world including Russia & China without signing an agreement since that's a Goodwill.
And as told before, ISRO has been long dependent upon communication and research provided by NASA & ESA for our deep space missions and so do we. Sharing of scientific findings between ISRO, NASA & ESA is a redundant pact.
So, an agreement for cargo supply to space station or sharing launch pads is required AT LEAST to call it a logistics supply agreement.
