ISRO To Come Up With Design For A Sphere-Shaped Capsule As Part Of The Deep Ocean Mission

India is moving fast with its plans to send astronauts to space but it does not mean it abandons the ambition to explore the deep sea. Recently, ISRO has successfully created a design of a capsule with a shape like a sphere.

According to Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, Ministry and Secretary of Earth Science, the next step is to certify the ISRO’s design for the submersible sphere and then they can fabricate it.

In a national Institute of Ocean Technology’s celebration, a top official said that the capsule will be made out of titanium and the process to construct it will call for complex technology.

He also shared that the ISRO will be in charge of both designing and fabricating the sphere. An international agency will certify the plan.

The sphere can accommodate three people. NIOT (short for National Institute of Ocean Technology) and ISRO have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the module.

In this plan, NIOT will be in charge of navigation and electronics for the submersible module.

This initiative will have the participation of some other institutions, including the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services in Hyderabad, Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology at Kochi, and National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research in Goa.

While regular submarines can only reach a depth of 200 meters, this sphere is expected to travel 6,000 meters deep underwater to conduct several studies.

The initiative belongs to the Deep Ocean Mission, which an investment of around Rs 10,000 crore.

What we can expect from this mission is data on marine biodiversity, climate change, minerals, and hydrocarbons.