{"id":249402,"date":"2023-06-24T20:22:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T14:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=249402"},"modified":"2023-08-31T16:26:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T10:56:45","slug":"artemis-accords-in-a-new-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/artemis-accords-in-a-new-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis Accords: In a new space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/span><\/b>: The post is based on an article\u202f<\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/b>Artemis Accords: In a new space<\/span><\/b>\u201d<\/span> published<\/span> in<\/span> the Indian Express <\/span><\/b>on\u202f<\/span>24<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b> June 2023<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 International Relations.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/span><\/b>About the significance of Artemis Mission and associated challenges.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

News<\/span><\/b>: <\/span>Recently, India signed the Artemis Accord. It demonstrates India\u2019s commitment to following best practices in space exploration.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About Artemis Mission<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Read Here: <\/span><\/b>Explained: The significance of NASA\u2019s Artemis mission, the beginning of a new age of human exploration of the Moon<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the implications of the Artemis Accord for US-India relations?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

By signing the accord, India has aligned itself with the US-led space exploration program, which currently excludes two major space explorers – Russia and China.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Further, the agreement is important considering the US-India relationship in the 1980s and 1990s, when the US hindered India’s access to crucial space technology.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It also pressured Russia to retract its commitment to supply cryogenic technology, setting back India’s space program for nearly three decades.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, in the joint statements, the US has promised to address export controls and facilitate technology transfer. <\/span>This indicates a shift in the US stance towards India and a willingness to collaborate on space technology.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the significance of the Accord for India?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

India\u2019s space plans like human missions, moon landings, planetary explorations, setting up a space station, has already been done by countries like the US, Russia or China.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While achieving these missions independently provide expertise, <\/span>there are also concerns of staying behind the other countries in such missions.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, India’s delay in sending manned missions or landing a satellite on the moon is not due to a lack of capacity or expertise but rather the technology denial regime of earlier years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, <\/span>joining the US-led alliance is an attempt by India to <\/span><\/b>collaborate on the next generation of space technologies while simultaneously pursuing its own space plans.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the challenges with India signing the Artemis Accord?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Russia has been India\u2019s most trusted partner both in the space and defence sectors. Recently, Russia also offered its facilities to train Indian astronauts for the Gaganyaan mission.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore<\/span>, India joining a US-led alliance that promotes the interest of the US is not likely to be seen very favourably by Russia<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hence, India will have to strike a careful and delicate balance that it has been doing in the energy sector ever since the war in Ukraine.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on an article\u202f\u201cArtemis Accords: In a new space\u201d published in the Indian Express on\u202f24th June 2023.\u00a0\u00a0 Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 International Relations. Relevance: About the significance of Artemis Mission and associated challenges.\u00a0 News: Recently, India signed the Artemis Accord. It demonstrates India\u2019s commitment to following best practices in space exploration.\u00a0… Continue reading Artemis Accords: In a new space<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500,239,238],"class_list":["post-249402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","tag-international-relations","tag-ir","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}