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| Punjab students interact |
| Some of India's best and brightest students experienced a slice of life in outer space, as they interacted with astronaut Sunita Williams.
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| INDIA
, 11-January-2007
1:34:48 AM |
| The students of Apeejay School, Jalandhar, had participated in and won the NASA competition to design space settlements.
They were, therefore, invited to chat live with Sunita Williams, the woman who's living out their dreams in the International Space Station.
"It's really inspiring, she's a woman and she's put India there. I think it's really inspiring for me personally," said a student.
It's exciting because what we're building is what will be used 50 years later, all the robots and machines," said Varun, Student.
On her part, Sunita Williams described her experience as a unique vantage point into the issues facing our own planet.
"There's a whole bunch of science experiments we're doing up here, but the biggest benefit in the International Space Station is that all the countries are working together on this engineering project in space. It's pretty amazing," said Sunita Williams, Astronaut.
Strength of cooperation
Also, Indian astronaut and icon Rakesh Sharma reminded the children about the power of global cooperation, compared to the rival space programs during the Cold War, when he made the first Indian journey to space.
"When I flew in 1984, it was a divided world - a bipolar world - between the superpowers. But now it's all changed. The confrontation has given way to collaboration," said Rakesh Sharma.
Robert Browning had once said that "Our reach must exceed our grasp or what's a heaven for?" It appears that he might as well have been literally talking about space exploration.
The students of Apeejay School and Sunita Williams are both testament to that unique human urge to aim for the stars against all odds.
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