[FPSPACE] Indian Soyuz in the works?

[Morris Jones]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Russia_to_take_Indian_astronaut_on_space_mission_in_2013/articleshow/3817475.cms


Extract:

Under the MoU signed by
Nair and his Russian counterpart Anatoly Perminov, ISRO and Russian space agency
Roskosmos will jointly build the spacecraft for the Indian manned mission.




 "We will be redesigning the Soyuz space capsule of the Russian
agency for our mission," Nair said. Government has already sanctioned Rs 95
crore to study all aspects of the manned space mission under which ISRO plans to
send a two-member crew on a week-long sojourn in space. 




After watching the development of Shenzhou, should this really be a surprise?

But how modified will it really be? Will there really be a lot of difference from Soyuz? Will India do something
cosmetic to stop it looking too much like Shenzhou? What will the orbital module be like?

Nobody seems to have answers to these questions right now.

Morris Jones, Sydney, Australia



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