The picture shows an Indian launch vehicle
India has always seen China as its main competitor and wants to compete with it in almost every way. Following China's start of construction of the Tiangong space station, India announced that it will also build a space station. The country claims to independently build and launch its own space station. The space station is expected to be built independently by 2030. Does India believe that if China can do it, I can do it too? In fact, from the current situation, if India can launch its own manned spacecraft before 2030, it is already a rapid progress. Manned spaceflight is the round-trip flight activities, research, testing, production and military applications of human beings riding and driving manned spacecraft in space to participate in various explorations.
The picture shows the launch of an Indian launch vehicle
Some time ago, China successfully sent the Tianhe core module, the first component of the Tiangong space station, into space, and also launched Shenzhou XII and Shenzhou 13 manned spacecraft to dock with it. If all goes well, China is expected to launch the space station soon. The scientific experiment module is the second component of China's space industry. The rapid progress of China's space industry has made India very red-eyed. In recent years, India has also given a strong boost to the development of its aviation industry. At present, the state has developed three series of launchers on its own. The largest of these launch vehicles are equipped with the world's largest solid rocket motors. The launch weight exceeds that of China's Long March 5, and even if you look at the world, it can be said to have a certain level of technology.
The picture shows an Indian launch vehicle
This time, the Indian Space Agency released the development plan of India's independent research and development of the space station, claiming that it has begun the research work of the Indian autonomous space station and will soon start production. If all goes well, the first module of the space station is expected to be launched in 2030, a few steps away, and the space station built by India will eventually resemble China's Tiangong space station, which can meet the demand for more astronauts to work in space for half a year.
India's plan seems ambitious, so does India have the ability to complete it independently? In fact, with the country's current space capabilities, it is almost impossible for the country to build its own space station. Although India's space capabilities are ahead of the rest of the world except China, the United States and Russia, they are not comparable to them. It looks very backward in comparison. For example, the Indian launch vehicle mentioned above is equipped with the world's largest solid rocket motor. Although its launch weight exceeds that of China's Long March 5, its carrying capacity is far inferior to that of the Long March 5. In other words, its rockets operate much less efficiently than Chinese rockets. In addition, the rocket has repeatedly failed or even failed during launch in recent years. India has not yet been able to complete the repair and improvement and wants to use it to launch. India's own space station is, naturally, just a fantasy.
The picture shows a model of India's manned spacecraft, and India currently does not have the ability to design its own manned spacecraft, and does not have independent manned spaceflight capabilities. Although India announced the launch of its own manned spaceflight program more than a decade ago, progress has been slow. As of now, India has just completed the overall design of the manned spacecraft and is building its first prototype spacecraft. It also requires several years of testing and multiple unmanned test flights to make manned flights. Apparently, it has not yet conquered manned astronautics. Before the advent of this technology, it was simply impossible for India to build its own space station.
India's plan now appears to be a fantasy. In fact, India is very good at boasting in more cutting-edge fields such as aerospace, nuclear energy and military industry, but it is not good at producing high-performance products, because the country does not have the strong industrial capabilities of China, the United States and Russia, and because it cannot independently develop and produce many advanced technical equipment, India's domestic space station dream may take decades or even hundreds of years to complete.