India’s proposed space station now has a name: Bharatiya Antariksh Station
Though no money has yet been allocated to build it, and India’s space agency ISRO has only begun design work, it has now apparently decided to name the space station the Bharatiya Antariksh Station.
They tentatively hope to launch a test module in 2028 to do unmanned rendezvous and docking tests, with assembly beginning in 2028 and completed by 2035.
None of this schedule is certain of course. ISRO has been proposing this space station since 2017. Nothing has ever come of those plans.
Only now does this seem more likely, with India’s effort to shift its space effort from a government-owned and run program to a competitive commercial industry.
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Though no money has yet been allocated to build it, and India’s space agency ISRO has only begun design work, it has now apparently decided to name the space station the Bharatiya Antariksh Station.
They tentatively hope to launch a test module in 2028 to do unmanned rendezvous and docking tests, with assembly beginning in 2028 and completed by 2035.
None of this schedule is certain of course. ISRO has been proposing this space station since 2017. Nothing has ever come of those plans.
Only now does this seem more likely, with India’s effort to shift its space effort from a government-owned and run program to a competitive commercial industry.
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In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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A name for the station emphasizing the fact that the nation known as “India” isn’t really named “India” – that’s its traditional name in European not “Indian” languages. Rather its official name (in Hindi) is Bharat, or in full Bhārat Gaṇarājya.
So tell me again (someone) why East Indians feel they can tell Americans what American Indians ought to be called? By the way, a Census Bureau poll some years back found that American Indians prefer that term for themselves (over “Native Americans”) by a large plurality, just shy of absolute majority.
Michael McNeil: Minor point: As far as I know, the push to use the fake term “Native Americans” for American Indians did not come from India, but from leftist academics and radicals within the American Indian community. They like to use language to push their agenda, and by claiming that only American Indians were “Native Americans” they successfully label everyone else an invader.
Sadly, too many Americans have bought into this lie. I was born here, as were my parents. We are as much a native as any on any Indian reservation anywhere in the U.S.
I predict that in the future, assuming this station is a commercial success, people will refer to it as the “B-A station”. At least it has a real name, not a number or an acronym!