Good news for India – could join US team in International Space Station

#Mangalyaan #InternationalSpaceStation #India #SpaceDebris Here is some good news for India and its Space Research programs. Probably impressed by its Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter Mission to the Red Planet Mars, there are possibilities that India could get an opportunity to work with the US team in the International Space Station. This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 6 March 2015.
This has been indicated by Frank Rose, US assistant secretary for arms control, verification and compliance. As per him, India and the US should identify areas of deeper cooperation. US is already working on a comprehensive strategy to deal with new space capabilities that could be threatening.
In his opinion, India could be offered the opportunity to conduct research on the International Space Station (ISS), as the India-US space relationship evolves. The broad objective would be to assist in the development of a framework for serious practical cooperation apart from exploring possibilities of effectively working in unison in multi-lateral forums.
Frank Rose was addressing a think tank in New Delhi, Observer Research Foundation, and in the course of his speech he said that as two premier space-faring nations, India and the US could explore new territories. For example - the utilization of space assets for maritime domain awareness. This could become a new dimension for India as it puts in place the elements of a blue water navy.
Another area of concern is space debris – here also the US and India could put their heads together because it is a problem that is global in nature. Collision with space debris can damage the satellites already in space irrespective of their country of origin.