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What is the News?
Minister of Earth Sciences; MoS PMO has said that India will achieve the unique distinction of simultaneously launching the first Human Space Mission “Gaganyaan” as well as the first manned Human Ocean Mission in 2023.
What is the Samudrayaan Mission?
The Samudrayaan mission is India’s first manned ocean mission. It is a part of the Deep Ocean Mission.
Aim: To send men deep into the ocean in a submersible vehicle for deep-ocean exploration and rare mineral mining.
As a part of the mission, in 2023, Sea trials of a 500-meter rated shallow water version of the manned submersible will be done.
The trial will be followed by a mission that will send three people to a depth of 6000 meters in the sea in a manned submersible vehicle called MATSYA 6000 for deep underwater studies.
Implementing Agency: National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)
Significance:
With this unique Ocean Mission, India will join the elite club of nations such as the US, Russia, France, Japan, and China to have niche technology and vehicles to carry out subsea activities.
It will be helpful in exploring the minerals and thermal energy in the depth of the ocean.
Furthermore, it will provide employment to 40 million people in the ocean-based industries by 2030.
What is Gaganyaan Mission?
Source: The post is based on the article “Union Minister says, India will achieve the unique distinction of simultaneously launching the first Human Space Mission “Gaganyaan” as well as the first Human Ocean Mission in 2023” published in PIB on 8th June 2022.
