'On the job,' says ISRO chief after Modi announces manned space mission by 2022
ISRO Chairman K Sivan.
'PM has given target of 2022 and it's our duty to meet it,' K Sivan said.
"We are already on the job," ISRO chairman K Sivan said after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a manned space mission by the year 2022.
"PM has given target of 2022 and it's our duty to meet it," ANI quoted Sivan as saying.
"We are already on the job and we have completed many technologies like crew module and escape systems. The project has been underway, now we need to prioritise and achieve the target," Sivan said.
Modi had made the announcement in his Independence Day speech Wednesday from the Red Fort.
"In space technology, we have dreamt something, our scientists have dreamt something. And I am happy to announce that by 2022, the 75th Independence year, we are planning a manned space mission," Modi had said.
"We will put an Indian in space by 2022 or earlier," he had added to applause.
India's 2022 space mission is being called Gaganyaan.