Every astronaut comes back with the realisation about the fragility of earth, the “heaven” that people should stop “ruining” by exhausting its resources, Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to venture into space, said.
Mr. Sharma also said people should learn about sustainability before making attempts to find habitable places other than earth.
“Almost every space traveller comes back with the realisation about the fragility of our planet... That is where [the space] you get to see the big picture... that our earth is just a pale blue dot,” he said during a recent interactive session at a musuem launch in Kolkata.
