Article: ISRO readies for manned mission by 2014

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Bangalore, April 4 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has finalised its project report for a manned mission by 2014-15, a top space official said here Friday.

"The report is being submitted to the government for approval and budgetary allocation. The Space Commission, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will meet next week or so to review the report and take a decision. We plan to launch a manned mission in the next seven-eight years," ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair told reporters here.

The space agency's report has assessed technologies and infrastructure facilities required to undertake the first such ...

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