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In ancient times, the principal Indian languages then referred the planet Mars primarily as Mangala and also with names like Angaraka and Kuja. These names mean auspicious, burning coal (red in colour) and the fair one, respectively. There are various references in different periods of history about Mars but mostly all lead to indicate that the Mars is a god of war.
Once you show an affordable scale of the activity, then you qualify yourself to be a partner of international programme. So, when future manned missions or even future important missions to Mars take pace, India would be part of the global community because you have already demonstrated that you have reached the place (Mars).
Dr K. Kasturirangan
*He is former Chairman ISRO. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/mars-mission-to-boost-indias-global-credentials-kasturirangan/article4332033.ece. Accessed Apr 29, 2013
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Lagrange points are locations in space where gravitational forces and the orbital motion of a body balance each other. There are five Lagrangian points in the Sun-Earth system and such points also exist in the Earth-Moon system. Refer [12]. Such points could serve as staging hubs for deep-space exploration in future.
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To launch a spacecraft from Earth to an outer planet such as Mars using the least propellant possible, first consider that the spacecraft is already in solar orbit as it sits on the launch pad. This existing solar orbit must be adjusted to cause it to take the spacecraft to Mars: The desired orbit's perihelion (closest approach to the sun) will be at the distance of Earth's orbit, and the aphelion (farthest distance from the sun) will be at the distance of Mars' orbit. This is called a Hohmann Transfer orbit.
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The point at which an orbiting object is closest to the body it is orbiting. As per the Kepler's laws of planetary motion, an object is at its greatest velocity at the periapsis.
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Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen and it is believed by many that nearly all deuterium found in nature was produced in the Big Bang. There is an opinion that in future when human colonisation of Mars happens, this planet may enjoy a power-rich economy based upon exploitation of its large domestic resources of deuterium fuel for fusion reactors. Deuterium is expected to be in abundance over Mars.
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Based on the structure operational during the moon mission it could be concluded that each POC would be co-located at the respective institutions of the PIs of the various on-board experiments, which will generate the higher-level products depending upon their requirement and various applications. The PI will also coordinate the science to be done with the data with other investigators in a given experiment, who could be from different institutions
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Author’s visit to the location and discussions with the scientists there
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Author’s visit to ISRO’s Byalalu, Bangalore facility and discussions with the scientists’ onsite
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Lele, A. (2014). Mars Orbiter Mission. In: Mission Mars. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1521-9_5
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