Indias "Avatar"

[Hulk]

I dont understand your response, I am saying that the issue is not about India Pakistan friendship, people give it a break that will never happen. What I am saying , however , is this that we need to discuss more on the technical aspects of the Avatar. FOr one my question is why did they design the Avatar with a payload of only 1000 kgs, wherein nowadays a potent payload is of about 4000 - 5000 kgs, why does India always do this , waste time on a smaller load , test and then go design a vehicle of a higher load, If this is from scratch then at least design something way ahead and make it credible.

Good point, do you mean to say time has come to go for bigger things instead. Can anyone help us understand this?

 

[gogbot]

I dont understand your response, I am saying that the issue is not about India Pakistan friendship, people give it a break that will never happen. What I am saying , however , is this that we need to discuss more on the technical aspects of the Avatar. FOr one my question is why did they design the Avatar with a payload of only 1000 kgs, wherein nowadays a potent payload is of about 4000 - 5000 kgs, why does India always do this , waste time on a smaller load , test and then go design a vehicle of a higher load, If this is from scratch then at least design something way ahead and make it credible.

Dude, the Project goal for the AVATAR vehicle is a unmanned Vehicle that CAN take of from a runway. Reach earth orbit and land back down. This also has military applications and thats why the IAF is funding this project.

As far as Space travel goes That is the most ambitious of all Space vehicle plans. If this works, it would be the Cheapest and easiest way to get something into space.

Now you question the payload size. But i would like to remind you that Payload size is not the most important thing. Heavy lifting is capability that can be achieved. But at the expense of Cost. There is also an economic side to space industry that ISRO also looks at. ISRO wants to make Space exploration as Cheap as possible. The Bigger the Rocket the More expensive it is, for kg/$ .

Its an approach to space exploration, That aims to make it affordable for more applications.
Look at how many Universities can put up their nano satellites in space, due to the Low costs at ISRO.

ISRO's GSLV line is ISRO's attempt at achieving Heavy lift at the same low costs.

An uprated AVATAR could easily be made to carry more. But first we need to get AVATAR to work which is no easy feat.

 

[Novice09]

AVATAR is currently in the prototype testing stage- As per wiki

 

[gogbot]

AVATAR is currently in the prototype testing stage- As per wiki

Yes, they are testing a scale down miniature version as Technology demonstrator.

But may i Point out that The Current AVATAR prototype is 2 stage system.
It still uses a ROCKET to take of, and then Lands on the runway
It not unlike the space shuttle. except unmanned

ISRO wants to Make it 1 stage system. Effectively making it capable of taking of from a Runway and then landing on it.