Venus mission aims to have unique outcome: Isro chief Somanath
ISRO chairman S Somanath BENGALURU: ISRO, which has on its drawing board an orbiter mission to Venus, is working on achieving a unique outcome so as to justify it to the nation, chairman S Somanath said on Wednesday. At the inaugural of the National Meet on Venus Science, Somanath said that while the mission to study the planet, largely mysterious despite several science missions by space-faring nations, was justifiable to the fraternity, the aim is to have a unique outcome. Isro and a host of academic institutions on Wednesday discussed various science questions revolving around Venus and the space agency is expected to further continue dialogues before firming up the mission plan. Given the budgetary and resources constraint, Somanath said it was essential to convince decision-makers the use space science missions have for the nation. “The mission can be done very quickly, there is capability for that. But today, we are looking at what contributions the mission makes. We’ll revi...