Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Central Government has opened up the space sector to the private sector, creating new opportunities for young entrepreneurs. Today, young entrepreneurs are launching their own rockets and placing satellites into orbit, undertaking experiments never done before in India. He said this while addressing the gathering after dedicating to the nation COSMOS-Mysuru, India’s first LED Planetarium and the world’s first tilted LED dome planetarium, at the Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Centre for Higher Learning at the foothills of Chamundi Hills in Mysuru today.
In his address, the Prime Minister said the traditions of science and spirituality have always grown together in India, where spirituality inspires us to look within and the study of the universe inspires us to look towards the sky. Our ancestors studied the sky and understood the movement of stars and planets and formulated Panchangas. They accurately calculated the timing of solar and lunar eclipses. Great astronomers and thinkers like Aryabhata and Varahamihira made significant discoveries and performed incredibly complex calculations long before modern technology existed.
Speaking about the present time, the Prime Minister said that the Indian Space programme works on social good. ISRO has developed a special satellite-based system for the safety of fishermen which helps them to navigate to safety and similar benefits are also extended to help towards early warning system during the calamities.
