President Murmu voices concern over increasing space debris

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday voiced concern over increasing space debris as a result of numerous satellites being placed in orbit and lauded ISRO for setting itself a target to make future space missions debris free by 2030Murmu was speaking at the celebration of the maiden National Space Day celebrations to mark the first anniversary of the landing of Indias Chandrayaan3 projectSpace debris can cause problems for space missions she said during the event at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi that was attended by Union minister Jitendra Singh Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO Chairman S Somanath engineers ISRO scientists and representatives of the countrys nascent space industryThe president appreciated the ISRO System for Safe amp Sustainable Operations Management facility which ensures continuous progress of space research activitiesI am also happy to note that India is moving forward to make all its space missions debrisfree by 2030 Murmu saidThe president presented awards to winners of the Robotics Challenge and the Bharatiya Antariksh Hackathon on the occasionThe president said ISRO had made remarkable achievements in the space sector as well as invaluable contributions to the countrys social and economic developmentShe appreciated the dedicated scientists who placed Indias space programme among the best in the world by using minimum resourcesMurmu also expressed confidence that the country would make continuous progress in space science and continue to set new standards of excellenceThe president said the progress of Indias space sector was extraordinaryBe it a successfully completed Mars mission with limited resources or the successful launch of more than a hundred satellites at once we have made many impressive achievements Murmu saidThe president said space exploration had increased the capabilities of human beings and transformed imagination into realityBut space exploration is a challenging task Research conducted to solve the problems during space exploration accelerates the development of science and improves human life she saidThe president said many sectors including health and medicine transportation security energy environment and information technology had benefited from developments in the space sectorThe president pointed out that with the opening of the space sector to private entities the number of startups had increased at a very rapid paceThis has not only brought progress in space research but also given new opportunities to our youth to showcase and hone their talents Murmu saidThe president said she was happy to note that just a few months ago an Indian company successfully launched a singlepiece 3Dprinted semicryogenic enginepowered rocket the first such achievementThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever