Let ISRO Research. Let Industry Build - Government of Bharat is doing the right thing...

One of the most important changes in India's space programme is the gradual separation of space R&D from the routine production of mature launch vehicles.

I believe the Government of India has got this right.

For decades, ISRO designed, developed, manufactured and launched its rockets. That model was necessary when India was building its space capability.

But today, ISRO's most valuable resource is its scientific and engineering talent.

Why should that talent remain tied up manufacturing mature vehicles like PSLV when India needs ISRO to work on:

• reusable launch vehicles

• advanced propulsion

• human spaceflight

• lunar and planetary missions

• space stations

• next-generation satellite technologies

The right model is becoming clearer:

ISRO develops the technology.
Industry manufactures it at scale.
NSIL commercialises it.
IN-SPACe enables the wider ecosystem.

The industrial production of PSLV and the technology transfer of SSLV to Indian industry are important steps in this direction.

This is not about reducing ISRO's role.

It is about freeing ISRO to do what only ISRO can do — push the technological frontier.

India doesn't need ISRO to remain the country's largest rocket manufacturer.

It needs ISRO to remain the country's space technology engine.

Let ISRO invent the future. Let Indian industry build it at scale.