Miles to Go before I sleep...

 In my life I had a great opportunity to visit our India’s most technologically acclaimed department (ISRO), and to know more about its projects.

This Saturday (10^th OCT) I visited ISRO, at that time I had the luck to see the rocket launching from the launch pad. It was named as Rohini RX 200.Its purpose was to know the climatic changes in the atmosphere. I visited the museum also. Some of the original parts of rockets, and some replica were also exhibited there. The rocket with 1:1 proportion was also found there, while watching this I came to know the actual size of the rocket

I was thrilled to hear that the first rocket from India was launched from Thumba. At that time the director was Dr.Vikram Sarabhai, and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam assisted him. During those days the sounding rocket was taken from the assembled place to the launch pad in a bicycle, and the heavier rockets was taken in bullock cart. Now we are in the group of countries which can launch our rockets to the space carrying satellites.

I came to know that there are three types of fuels used in firing rockets; liquid propulsion, gas propulsion, & cryogenic. The Cryogenic is the most advance one; the engine is filled with liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen when they combine together in a specified way they get fire. We have indigenously developed our own cryogenic engine, and the most important is ISRO is coming up with a new technology to fire rockets, and it’s expected to launch the rocket with the same advanced fuel by the year 2012.

The sounding rockets fired from ISRO Trivandrum, is used to find the climatic changes, and this information is given to all govt depts. The relevant of ISRO station here in Trivandrum is because this place is near to our equatorial magnetic field.

On visiting the place I found that all the persons there was very much free to answer all our doubts regarding the space technology. There was also a video projection about the Chandrayan launch & its mission, at the theatre. On this video I felt that I had a tour to Sriharikotta. Everything was the exclusive video footage of ISRO. Really the video was very much informative. Also I saw the replica of the probe which landed on the moon, and a real cryogenic engine. 

 Indian Space Research Organisation is having much importance with this place in Thumba, really I suggest everyone to should visit this place.

Let me honour again the masters of Indian Space Technology Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, Dr. Homi J Babha, Dr. Rao, Dr. Abdul Kalam, Dr.Kasthurirangan and Dr.G. Madhavan Nair. 

I feel really proud of my country .Let us work united to make our India the most powerful country in the world, and also the most advanced country in all fields with all our cultural values.

-Surabhi Vasundhara