ISRO scientists deserve better pay: Nair

EXTREMELY happy at the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3, former chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Madhavan Nair congratulated ISRO at its “remarkable achievement” and said that scientists in India deserve “better” in terms of recognition and remuneration. “I compliment team ISRO for their persistent efforts despite the Chandrayaan-2 setback. Chandrayaan-3 achieved what no other country could. Russia, with their vast and decades of experience in space, failed,” he said.

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Speaking about Chandrayaan-3, Nair said, “for the first time we have our own spacecraft on the lunar south pole. We had announced the date of its launch and landing two months in advance and things progressed with absolute precision. The last 30 minutes of the Lander Vikram’s descent to the surface of the Moon, which was hitherto an unchartered territory, were mind-boggling. Its autonomous landing was simply fantastic and the entire global space community is proud of ISRO,” said Nair, sounding like a proud parent of a child, who has etched a mark in history.