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National Space Day will boost space careers: ISRO patch designer
Fashion designer Manish Tripathi, who designed the official mission patch for ISRO astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's upcoming Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station, said celebrating National Space Day will…
Fashion designer Manish Tripathi, who designed the official mission patch for ISRO astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's upcoming Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station, said celebrating National Space Day will create greater awareness about space and careers in the sector.
Speaking on August 24, Tripathi called the recognition for the space sector long overdue and said the day would encourage future generations to explore space further. He described designing the patch as a great honour and noted that the patch depicts Gaganyaan, reflecting India's human spaceflight ambitions.
National Space Day commemorates the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 near the Moon's southern polar region on August 23, 2023. India became the first country to achieve that milestone, and the day is intended to boost public interest in space science and innovation.
Indian Opinion Analysis
National Space Day is still a very young observance, having been declared after Chandrayaan-3's landing. While the day aims to inspire students and young professionals, the real test for India's space programme will be whether it can convert public enthusiasm into a steady pipeline of engineers and scientists. ISRO's human spaceflight goals, including Gaganyaan and the planned Bharatiya Antariksha Station, depend on that talent pool. The government's opening of the space sector to private players under IN-SPACe also requires a workforce trained beyond traditional government labs. How many space-related academic programmes and startups emerge in the next two years will be the concrete measure of the day's impact.
Source: indiagazette.com
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