00:00You can see the excitement of the media person, that itself is an evidence of the kind of achievement that has happened.
00:06It is indeed a vindication of the founding fathers of India's space program, Vikram Sarabhai, Satish Dhawan.
00:13And it was destined that this vindication of our founding fathers had to happen under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi.
00:20And I say this with all the confidence in my command because the space reform which have brought in the last few years
00:26not only enriched our resources but also gave tremendous, tremendous confidence to our space experts, space scientists.
00:34And today India is no longer a follower. We are equal partners in all our collaborations.
00:40And I think it's borne out by the simple fact that of the four astronauts in the crew that has gone up,
00:46Subhanshu Shukla is possibly the most important because not only that he's a pilot,
00:51he's also going to perform seven crucial experiments and living up to the Prime Minister's mantra of Atmanirwar Bharat,
01:01all these seven experiments have been designed within India by the Indian Institutes,
01:05by the Department of Biotechnology, by some of the IITs, by the Indian Institute of Sciences of Bengaluru.
01:10The kits have been provided from here and these are going to be of vital, vital importance
01:15to all the agencies across the world because they are going to work out the possibilities of habitat in microgravity situations,
01:24also the effects of microgravity on human beings, on living organisms.
01:29They are also going to be related to life sciences.
01:32How does the cognitive functions get affected when exposed to uninterrupted watching of computer screens?
01:41How does the muscles behave?
01:43And in case of muscle dysfunction, what are the strategies to be adopted to regain that?
01:48And what are also the effects which happen as a result of prolonged survival over there?
01:59So in case one has to sustain there for long, how do you manage that?
02:02And also some of the plant experiments.
02:04So this is going to also open a new chapter in our exploration of space,
02:11not only for India, for the entire world.
02:13And it's a matter of pride that India is going to be the torchbearer of this new chapter.
02:19And overall I can say in a single sentence that India's ascent to that pedestal of Iksit Bharat
02:26has started via space.
02:28Thank you very much.
02:29Thank you very much.
02:29Thank you very much.
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