A Space Science Roadmap Formulation (SSRF) meeting was held in Bengaluru recently. It drew over 200 scientists from various research centres and universities nationwide.
According to ISRO, six distinct space science themes were deliberated during the meeting which include astronomy and astrophysics and exoplanets, cosmology and gravitation, astrobiology, astrochemistry and space biology, heliophysics and space weather, solar system exploration and near-Earth space exploration.
ISRO Chairman S. Somnath contextualised the meeting’s objectives and outlined the anticipated outcomes, which aimed to formulate the nation’s space science roadmap with inputs from eminent scientists.
