2007: Space and developing countries (Kasturirangan)

A keynote speech at the 50th Anniverary of the Space Age event was made by Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, former Chair of ISRO and a current member of the Indian parliament.

Space has made many contributions to modern life: better weather forecasting, worldwide communications, timely responses to emergencies and disasters, Earth Observation data, environmental and climate modeling and understanding the Earth as a system. Many countries now have access to space, whether directly because of national programmes, indirectly as a result of international cooperation or as a user of others' data.

India, Dr Kasturirangan's own country, was a good example where access to space technology improves the life of its citizens. Natural resources are monitored by Earth Observation and communications satellites link remote areas together. Opportunities for tele-medicine and tele-education are transforming lives.

The last 50 years of space have made all this possible.

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