'How times have changed,' says ISRO chief S Somnath of Chandrayaan-3. NASA
'How times have changed,' says ISRO chief S Somnath of Chandrayaan-3. NASA The head of ISRO stressed that India can now produce high-quality tools, gadgets, and rockets. Chief of ISRO S Somnath discusses the accomplishments of the space agency (Photo: NASA) During a recent celebration honoring the late President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's 92nd birthday, ISRO chairman S Somanath gave a motivational speech about India's strides in space exploration. Somanath emphasized the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's excellent development. He said that prior to Chandrayaan-3's soft landing on the moon, specialists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who are well-known for their work on challenging rocket missions, were invited to see the development operations of the spacecraft. The US scientists recommended that India share its space technology with them, having been impressed by the sophisticated yet reasonably priced scientific instruments employed in the spacecraft. Th...