What Gaganyaan tells us about chat AI, and vice versa
Talk of chat AI* is everywhere, as I'm sure you know. Everyone would like to know where these apps are headed and what their long-term effects are likely to be. But it seems that it's still to…
GSLV Mk-III
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Review: 'Mission Mangal' (2019)
This review assumes Tanul Thakur’s review as a preamble. There's the argument that ISRO isn't doing much by way of public outreach and trust in the media is at a low, and for many people – mo…
Why covering ISRO is a pain
The following is a bulleted list of reasons why covering developments on the Indian spaceflight programme can be nerve-wracking. * ISRO does not have a media engagement policy that lays out when it…
Why are we going to the Moon again?
At 2:51 am on July 15, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its Chandrayaan 2 mission on board a GSLV Mk III rocket from its spaceport in Sriharikota. The rocket will place its pa…
It’s time for ISRO to reach for the (blue) sky
The Wire May 19, 2015 Almost 40 years after the launch of Aryabhata, the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully placed another satellite into orbit, this time around Mars – becoming the worl…
Curious Bends - where Indians come from, Irrawady dolphins, human spaceflight and more
1. A genetic history: Where do Indians come from? "In 2005, K. Thangaraj and his colleagues at CCMB published their findings about the origin of Andaman islanders in the journal Science. The Ong…
The GSLV Mk-III is no jugaad
Scroll December 18, 2014 (Note: This piece was written in the future-tense and published before ISRO's successful test flight this morning.) Come Thursday, the Indian Space Research Organisation…