Space

All ready for India on Mars

A few hours before the departure of India's first historic interplanetary mission. After a short delay due to small component problems, the trip to Mars of the vehicle developed by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) will be a reality. It's just the beginning, they say in New Delhi: with the typical enthusiasm of a nation growing at supersonic speed, ISRO has already declared that it wants to send a human mission by 2016, and this would be just the beginning of a long series of stages necessary for preparation. ... Read everything

Gianluca Riccio

November 5, 2013

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A few hours before the departure of India's first historic interplanetary mission.

After a short delay due to minor component problems, the I travel to Mars of the vehicle developed by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) will be a reality.

It's just the beginning, they say in New Delhi: with the typical enthusiasm of a nation growing at supersonic speed, ISRO has already declared its intention to send a human mission by 2016, and this would only be the beginning of a long series of stages necessary for preparation. The Indians hope that the mission will be an even more sensational success than the 'lunar' mission of 2008, when Chandrayaan-1 landed and discovered traces of water on our satellite.

NASA, usually superstitious about 'its' missions, sent a very sweet 'good luck'. Noses up, friends: it's the future.

Gianluca Riccio, creative director of Melancia adv, copywriter and journalist. He is part of the Italian Institute for the Future, World Future Society and H+. Since 2006 he has directed Futuroprossimo.it, the Italian Futurology resource. He is a partner of Forwardto-Studies and skills for future scenarios.

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