ISRO staff seek clarity over the agency’s growing shift towards private space companies
- Nine ISRO employee associations have sought clarity on plans to transfer manufacturing and operational functions to private entities.
- The staff bodies questioned ISRO’s future role, along with the impact on existing employees and future recruitment.
- Their concerns follow IN-SPACe chief Pawan Goenka’s remarks that private firms or PSUs could eventually build ISRO’s launch vehicles.
- The associations want clarity on whether ISRO will continue handling PSLV, LVM3, SSLV and future launch vehicles, including their design and testing.
Source: theprint.in
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