Amidst various reports in the media on Chandrayaan’s functioning affected by heat, the DeshGujarat.Com talked to ISRO Chairman G.Madhavan Nair himself on the heat issue at Ahmedabad. Here is a complete text of conversation.

DeshGujarat:Sir can you please elaborate the heat problem? It has been much hipped in western media from today morning.

G.Madhavan Nair:No No there is no heat problem.Normally when it is facing the moon or sun etc. some part of the spacecraft will get heated up. And what we have observed is just a normal temperature.

DeshGujarat:What are the measures that have been taken to avoid more heat?

G.Madhavan Nair:Normally what we do is we rotate the settelite in such a way that it faces to the cold space and such operations we do.

DeshGujarat:For how long this problem will persist if this is a problem?

G.Madhavan Nair:No, may be it fluctuates with season. We have to observe over times. But today I think everything is normal.

Etv:After Chandrayan what is your next dream mission for ISRO?

G.Madhavan Nair:Next is a “Man mission”. We want to send a man.

Agency:Two Payloads which are not “on” on this Chandrayan?

G.Madhavan Nair:I have no latest information as I am traveling.