Reportedly Rakesh Sharma, the first and only Indian to go to space, met kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and pledged support for aerospace related projects that are coming up in the proposed kerala Space Park. Meanwhile the astronaut offered his help during a meeting with the CM at the latter’s official residence Cliff House in Thiruvananthapuram.
Accordingly the discussion revolved around the kerala Space Park which will come up on 22 acres of land in Pallippuram, Thiruvananthapuram. Furthermore in a Facebook post detailing his meeting with Rakesh Sharma, Pinarayi said, “The government expects that the presence of institutions such as the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), ISRO Inertial Systems Unit and the Indian Institute of Space Science and technology (IISST) of the ISRO is will help boost the development of the space park.”
Moreover Pinarayi said that Sharma had noted kerala had huge potential in the outer space and aerospace areas. Perhaps the kerala Chief Minister expressed hope that once completed, the space park could compete in the market if it could develop technology required for aerospace projects. Moreover according to the Chief Minister’s post on social media, the kerala Government has already signed an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for this.
