Kalam worked on Diamond stage 4.After 2 years of effort,when they were about to delivery it to CNES,the french suddenly cancelled the programme,was the disappointment he got when he failed to get in to the IAF,and second was the abortion of Nandi project at ADF.
When the RATO project was underway,the SLV project slowly started taking shape.One day Sarabhai had given demonstration on the art of team building.Two men were competent to carry out the task of developing telecommand system.one was experienced and sophisticated U.R.Rao and the other a relatively unknown experiment,G.Madhavan Nair.Kalam was deeply impressed by Madhavan Nair's dedication and abilities.He was hard worker and not only lived up to the expectations of his leader but he even went beyond them.
Prof.Sarabhai's approach to mistakes rested on the assumptions that they were inevitable but generally manageable.Sarabhai came to Thumba and was requested to formally activate the operation of nose cone jetting mechanism.Nothing happened when he pressed the button.They were dumbstuck.Then they reforged some connections and then for the second time the pyros were fired and the nose cone was jettisoned.Then Kalam got an order from Sarabhai to meet him at Kovalam palace hotel.There Sarabhai revealed his idea to start rocket engineering section.On 30th December 1971 Sarabhai passed away with cardiac arrest.It was a great blow to Indian space research.he was considered as "Mahatma of Indian Science".As a tribute to Sarabhai the whole complex at Thumba was merged to form an integrated space center named "Vikram Sarabhai Space Center"(VCSS).Dr.Brahma Prakash was its first director.
4th Failure : The RATO system was successfully tested.A high performance Sukhoi 16 aircraft became after a short run of 1200m,as against its usual run of 2000m.It was aborted as the aircraft used in that became obsolete.
Pail Of Gloom In The Life Of Kalam : Death of Jallaluddin,his mentor and brother in law followed by his father Jainulabdeen,followed by his mother Ashiamma with in a few month's gape in between.
When the RATO project was underway,the SLV project slowly started taking shape.One day Sarabhai had given demonstration on the art of team building.Two men were competent to carry out the task of developing telecommand system.one was experienced and sophisticated U.R.Rao and the other a relatively unknown experiment,G.Madhavan Nair.Kalam was deeply impressed by Madhavan Nair's dedication and abilities.He was hard worker and not only lived up to the expectations of his leader but he even went beyond them.
Prof.Sarabhai's approach to mistakes rested on the assumptions that they were inevitable but generally manageable.Sarabhai came to Thumba and was requested to formally activate the operation of nose cone jetting mechanism.Nothing happened when he pressed the button.They were dumbstuck.Then they reforged some connections and then for the second time the pyros were fired and the nose cone was jettisoned.Then Kalam got an order from Sarabhai to meet him at Kovalam palace hotel.There Sarabhai revealed his idea to start rocket engineering section.On 30th December 1971 Sarabhai passed away with cardiac arrest.It was a great blow to Indian space research.he was considered as "Mahatma of Indian Science".As a tribute to Sarabhai the whole complex at Thumba was merged to form an integrated space center named "Vikram Sarabhai Space Center"(VCSS).Dr.Brahma Prakash was its first director.
4th Failure : The RATO system was successfully tested.A high performance Sukhoi 16 aircraft became after a short run of 1200m,as against its usual run of 2000m.It was aborted as the aircraft used in that became obsolete.
Pail Of Gloom In The Life Of Kalam : Death of Jallaluddin,his mentor and brother in law followed by his father Jainulabdeen,followed by his mother Ashiamma with in a few month's gape in between.
