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As a young, modern nation-state – an 'underdog' in the developing world – India has led the space research race with tremendous frugality and nimble innovation. In doing so, it has made a stellar claim for itself in what had hitherto remained a big boys' club.
This is the fascinating story of India and Indians in space. Parallelly, this is also the story of how a developing nation, grappling with problems of the twentieth century such as poverty and hunger, slowly rose to become a world leader in space research. With Chandrayaan-3, what India achieved in its mission to the moon cost it half of what it cost Christopher Nolan to make Oppenheimer.
As India announces its most ambitious leap yet towards space exploration with Gaganyaan, all eyes are on it. Dinesh C. Sharma writes of this nothing-short-of-shocking journey spread over six decades of India in space research. Narrative science and human history at its very best, Space is a compelling account of the Indian space programme and the unsung biographies of Indian astronauts, their starbound journeys, failures and triumphs.
This is the fascinating story of India and Indians in space. Parallelly, this is also the story of how a developing nation, grappling with problems of the twentieth century such as poverty and hunger, slowly rose to become a world leader in space research. With Chandrayaan-3, what India achieved in its mission to the moon cost it half of what it cost Christopher Nolan to make Oppenheimer.
As India announces its most ambitious leap yet towards space exploration with Gaganyaan, all eyes are on it. Dinesh C. Sharma writes of this nothing-short-of-shocking journey spread over six decades of India in space research. Narrative science and human history at its very best, Space is a compelling account of the Indian space programme and the unsung biographies of Indian astronauts, their starbound journeys, failures and triumphs.
About the author
Dinesh C. Sharma is an award-winning journalist and author based in Delhi. In a career spanning close to four decades, he has written extensively on science and technology, climate change, health, environment and innovation for Indian and global media, including The Lancet and Wired. He was previously science editor at Mail Today and managing editor at India Science Wire. In 2008, he travelled to the Arctic and joined an international scientific expedition there to report on climate change.
He is the author of the national bestseller Indian Innovation, Not Jugaad. His book The Outsourcer: The Story of India's IT Revolution was awarded the Computer History Museum Book Prize in 2016. His most recent book is Beyond Biryani: The Making of a Globalised Hyderabad.
Sharma has been a Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow and also visiting faculty at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and at Ateneo de Manila University, Manila. He tweets on X as @dineshcsharma
He is the author of the national bestseller Indian Innovation, Not Jugaad. His book The Outsourcer: The Story of India's IT Revolution was awarded the Computer History Museum Book Prize in 2016. His most recent book is Beyond Biryani: The Making of a Globalised Hyderabad.
Sharma has been a Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow and also visiting faculty at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and at Ateneo de Manila University, Manila. He tweets on X as @dineshcsharma
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