00:00Proud and more than that, we're also proud of the fact that the offer to have one of the Indians there came from the American side when this mission was being planned. It was about two or three years back when Prime Minister Modi was on a visit to D.C. and he was engaged in parlays with the then President Biden and then the offer came that a mission like this is being planned. They would like to have one of the Indians also on board and incidentally we had four Air Force officers who were already undergoing training.
00:30For Gaganayan, Nair, Krishnan, Angat and Shubhashu, Shubhashu being the youngest of the four. All the other were group captains. He was at that point in time. Wing Commander now he's also a group captain. So obviously the choice had to zero down on one of them. And then finally Shubhashu's name was picked up and standby was Nair.
00:51So what I'm trying to say is that the Americans were equally keen to have an Indian on board which in other words means that they today more than ever before realize the importance of India potential, India talent and India's capacity to contribute.
01:09Now I think because of space India's science capabilities have gained acceptance. The very fact that you are interviewing itself because still a few years ago science endeavors or science achievements hardly found any place in the or any space in the mainstream media.
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