NSC: India’s Space Programme | Episode 58

07/09/2019 48 min Episodio 58

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Episode Synopsis

Happymon Jacob speaks to Rajeswari Rajagopalan (Distinguished Fellow & Head of the Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi) about India’s space program and its evolution through the decades. She stresses upon having a robust space policy and an aerospace command. She also assesses the complexities involved in the latest Chandrayaan-2 mission. She discusses major avenues of cooperation for the Indian space program in the region and the competition it faces from China. She further discusses major debates around Anti- Satellite Weapons, Militarization of Space and the role of Global Governance in coming up with an international policy on space.

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