Pakistan set to launch space programme to keep an eye on Indian side: Report

[北京烤鴨]

China will launch 2 Pakistani satellite this year
1 in June and other after few months


Infact both satellite will be launched in June 2018

not asking what we will do for you. I know that already.

Im asking when is your own launch will take place?

 

[Shamsher1990]

A space agency's primary ambition should be human space program. Even private Western organizations like SpaceX and Bigelow have ventured into human space program.

May I ask why human flights are so important?

 

[Muhammad Omar]

not asking what we will do for you. I know that already.

Im asking when is your own launch will take place?

It's all about the budget allocation

This year only $40 million or $41 million has been allocated to SUPARCO and no one can launch the satellites in this tiny budget

 

[北京烤鴨]

It's all about the budget allocation

This year only $40 million or $41 million has been allocated to SUPARCO and no one can launch the satellites in this tiny budget

Yes, you need more money. Space is a high cost affair. 41 mil usd is peanuts. wont even cover for fuel cost of one chinese launch.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Yes, you need more money. Space is a high cost affair. 41 mil usd is peanuts. wont even cover for fuel cost of one chinese launch.

Exactly

 

[jamahir]

May I ask why human flights are so important?

One reason is like Elon Musk says, human settlement ( on Mars in the near term ) allows us to be a multi-planetary species in case of an event like a asteroid strike on Earth.

Secondly, space is simply there, waiting for exploration and settlement. Space exploration is a natural outcome of technological advancement. This is why so many civilians across the world answered to the 'Mars One' project.