National Space Day Celebration 2024
Importance of Early Aerospace Education
Providing an early aerospace education is very important for students who are very enthusiastic about space and space related topics, like rocket science etc. Providing this kind of education at a young age helps the children to grasp the complex concepts very easily. This also helps the students to understand math and science in a better way as these topics are associated with aerospace engineering, understanding these topics (math, science) are necessary for performing various complex calculations. This also creates an interest in the students to learn more about the vastness of space. This gives an insight of the complexity involved in building rockets, and trains students to become rocket engineers or astrophysicists. It inspires the students to contribute to various fields to aerospace engineering. It introduces the students to different programming languages, as many parts of programming skills are necessary in aerospace engineering as it is used to program the computers in the rockets which control many important functions of the spacecraft. It also gives an insight about the different fields and application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it is used in rockets and other spacecrafts. There are many fun activities and projects which enable the students to learn the physics and chemistry part of aerospace engineering. This also cultivates interest in the students to learn more about the complexities behind the working of the rockets and spacecrafts. This makes the students to find out more about these topics and they can do self-research to understand more of such topics., and help to remove all concepts of misconception in students about space.
Inspiration from Indian Space missions
India has ventured into the field of space, enabling them to compete with other space organizations around the world. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has done many successful launches which made history in the field of aerospace for India and the world. The two of the latest and greatest launches of ISRO is the Aditya L-1 and Chandrayaan-3. There are many things to be learnt from these launches. Firstly, ISRO has gone through many failures in the past, but these failures haven’t stopped ISRO from continuing its endeavors in the field of space. Secondly, it has made few successful launches which gas gone into the world’s history. ISRO has managed to land Chandrayaan-3 on the dark side of the moon, till then no countries could land their spacecrafts on the dark side of the moon, it has managed to send one of its spacecrafts (Aditya L-1) to the closest orbit around the sun which is an extremely difficult mission. Lastly, ISRO has managed to send all these successful rockets at a very low budget. The cost of Chandrayaan-3 Mission was just ₹650 crores which is the cheapest compared to other countries. ISRO has managed to orbit Mars with the MOM (Mars Orbiter Mission) at just ₹450 crores. It has also made the world’s first “Cryogenic” fueled rocket i.e. GSLV MK-3 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-3), even at such low budgets. It serves as an example of how an organization can successfully launch many of its rockets at a very low cost, and being very efficient compared to the space organizations of other countries.
Role of Indian Scientists in Space Exploration
In the previous year’s Indians have managed to accomplish many things in the field of aerospace engineering and space exploration. ISRO undoubtedly houses on the smartest people in India. These are the people who made it possible for India to stand in the top 10 of the countries who have successfully launched their rockets into space; and have contributed to space exploration. To make all these dreams a success there are India’s greatest scientists who have contributed their entire lives to doing research about space and made it possible for India to stand where it is now. Behind all these successful missions lies teamwork. It is impossible to send a rocket into space without teamwork. And to make a teamwork possible we need on of the best leaders. There are countless great leaders who formed the perfect team to make it possible for India to send the rockets. The scientists working at ISRO have made it possible to bring out new innovations that has shocked the world. Nambi Narayan for example discovered the Vikas engine, which changes the way ISRO built engines for their rockets. Each and every person working at ISRO is responsible for the success of the mission. The team which built the MOM (Mars Orbiter Mission) contributed to space exploration; making it the first women (Tessy Thomas) guided team to have sent an orbiter to Mars. Our Scientists also play a very important role in the success of other countries. ISRO has launched many satellites of other countries successfully into Earth’s orbit, it has also sent the most number of satellites in one launch. Nevertheless, Indian scientists will continue to move towards space exploration in the future.
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Pranav LJ | Grade 7 | RNS International School, Bangalore
Celebration of National Space Day
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