Moon could become the ‘next America’ for humanity’s future expansion, says M. Annadurai

Space idiosyncratic Mylswamy Annadurai connected Saturday said that the satellite mightiness good go the “next America” for humanity’s aboriginal expansion.

Reflecting connected India’s accomplishment successful discovering h2o connected the moon, Mr. Annadurai observed: “Columbus discovered America portion searching for India. Centuries later, America could not observe h2o connected the moon, but India did.“

Inaugurating the astronomy laboratory astatine Alva’s Schools, Puthige, Moodbidri, helium said: “Muscle powerfulness whitethorn bounds us, but caput powerfulness ne'er does”.

He added that India succeeded successful abstraction exploration contempt constricted resources.

The erstwhile ISRO manager said the recently established laboratory showcased India’s abstraction travel from satellites and distant sensing to navigation, connection systems and landmark missions specified arsenic Chandrayaanand Mangalyaan. He hoped that the inaugural would ignite curiosity among young minds and promote them to question, innovate and research caller technological frontiers.

Speaking astir India’s technological progress, Mr. Annadurai drew parallels with the emergence of Indian chess prodigies emerging from schoolhouse ecosystems. “If schools tin nutrient world-class grandmasters, they tin arsenic nurture aboriginal scientists,“ helium said, emphasising the request for curiosity-driven learning and intelligence courageousness among students.

Encouraging students to deliberation beyond accepted learning, helium reminded them that technological advancement begins with a question. “With an unfastened mind, unfastened eyes and unfastened ears, you tin find your ain way and marque your beingness meaningful to the world.”

Ramesh Bhat, convener of the Amateur Astronomers Club, Sri Mahaveer College, Moodbidri, said India has achieved what adjacent America erstwhile could not successful abstraction exploration, proving the world-class capableness of ISRO scientists. He noted that Indian expertise successful outer exertion is globally recognised, with nations seeking collaboration not lone for technological accomplishment but besides for India’s cost-efficient motorboat systems.

Alva’s Education Foundation managing trustee M. Vivek Alva said astir of the ISRO scientists hail not from elite subject institutes but from agrarian backgrounds, proving that endowment thrives beyond metros. Citing Mr. Annadurai arsenic an illustration of innovation emerging from grassroots India, helium urged students to clasp involvement, teamwork and creativity.