‘Space exploration is like going to Olympics’: Shrinivas Kulkarni
lunar bases, or interplanetary exploration are aspirational and require thorough analysis, according to Shrinivas R Kulkarni, George Ellery Hale professor of astronomy and planetary science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), US.
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In a conversation with ET on the sidelines of the Infosys Science Foundation award ceremony, Kulkarni drew parallels between India’s space endeavours and participating in the Olympics, calling it an “expensive game”.
“When I say cultural choices, it’s like asking, ‘Should India participate in the Olympics?’ If India doesn’t participate, nothing happens. If it does, there’s no direct impact either,” the US-based astronomer and brother of philanthropist Sudha Murty said.
Taking note
Known for the discovery of the first millisecond pulsar, the first brown dwarf, Kulkarni acknowledged that India’s Astrostat mission (launched in 2023) is significant, but noted that India cannot yet be compared with the space capabilities of China and the US. “There’s a little bit of this — us loving ourselves into groups that we don’t belong to,” the astronomer said.
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