INDIAN SPACE UNIVERSITY - AN INITIATIVE TO NURTURE 'BRAHMANAUTS' FOR FUTURE HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

摘要

Space exploration requires a new breed of explorers. A Brahmanaut (Vedic Space Explorer) are more prepared for the challenges of future space exploration activities once educated at the Indian Space University, where rigorous mental and physical training supplements a cadets spiritual preparations. Space missions, 15-20 years into the future will involve drilling asteroids for possible energy resources, setting up fuel extraction facilities on Mars, mining the lunar surface, etc. Mission specialists will require advanced physical, mental and technical aptitudes. The Indian Space University's comprehensive curriculum and training schedule provides these techniques. Manned deep space missions have many adverse psycho-physiological effects on human body such as bone density loss and muscle atrophy in low gravity, DNA degradation resulting from extreme radiation environments, reduced spatial orientation and vestibular functions, as well as psychological stress of isolation. The Brahmanaut are trained to address these extreme situations and reach homeostasis through the application of ancient the Vedic practices.