Aditya Pareek quoted in Sputnik News on Russia-India space collaboration

Aditya Pareek was quoted in Sputnik News on Russia-India space collaboration. Speaking on the importance of Russia's Zeus Transportation and Energy Module to India's space ambitions, Aditya said:

Zeus is envisioned to be a deep space mobility platform that can eventually even search for extraterrestrial life beyond our solar system. It's a platform that can deliver long endurance and low thrust meant for interplanetary missions - an area where ISRO should focus its energies once most commercial functions are fulfilled by new space sector companies. India can diversify its payload delivery capabilities and amplify its in-orbit logistics by contracting the space mobility and in-orbit power source capabilities of Zeus.India's involvement with Zeus may result in complications in the trajectory of India-US space cooperation. NASA may deny India access to key space technologies and services for fear of Intellectual Property (IP) leaks and strict operational secrecy concerns.

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