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 by Staff Writers Thiruvananthapuram, India (IANS) Feb 04, 2020
Gaganyaan, the country's planned mission to take humans to space, will open huge commercial opportunities in the space sector, said former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair. Nair while speaking at the space programme, supported by the Kerala government, here said once that capability is achieved by putting three astronauts into space using ISRO's GSLV Mk III in December 2021, the country can think in terms of entering the realm of space tourism. "It is a big international business opportunity for India as there are only a few countries with that capability, and India has a definite advantage as its technology is one of the best and the costs are low," he said. "Once human space travel is achieved, the country can think in terms of colonising the Moon and later Mars. Chandrayaan has detected the presence of huge quantities of Helium-3 on the Moon which is used for nuclear fission. One tonne of Helium-3 is enough to satisfy the energy needs of the entire country," said Nair. Source: IANS
Beyond Benidorm: Spain tourism moves inland Madrid (AFP) Jan 26, 2020 Rural and green travel is the new frontier for Spain's tourism industry as it tries to break free from its dependence on mass seaside travel and fights off stiff competition from cheaper Mediterranean rivals. Foreign visitors accounted for just five percent of all tourists who stayed at a rural home in the country in 2014. Today they make up 20 percent, according to the tourism ministry, a share the government wants to rise to 35 percent. "We must have done something right," the ministry's d ... read more
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