NASA estimates the pandemic ballooned costs by $3 billion — here are the projects to take the biggest hit

<ul><li>NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is likely to face a seven-month delay in being launch ready according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) audit of COVID-19’s impact.</li><li>The audit also pegged the monetary impact at $10.4 million in 2020 so far with the cost expected to balloon by $36 million in the long run.</li><li>The NISAR project between NASA and <keyword id="6358064" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="isro">ISRO</keyword> is expected to be the first of its kind to deliver high-resolution images on the Earth’s surface to track local changes and measure regional trends.</li></ul>The landmark satellite project of the <keyword id="116095" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Space-Research-Organisation">Indian Space Research Organisation</keyword> (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to capture the first-ever high-resolution images of the planet is set to face a seven-month delay. The launch was initially scheduled for January 2023 abroad ISRO's GSLV Mark-II launch vehicle. <div type="Video" msid="81842074" hostid="261" title="How NISAR Will Deploy After Launch" dataSource="BUSINESSINSIDER" thumbUrl="https://denmark.timesinternet.in/cmslite/api/app/images.jpg?msid=81842074"></div> NASA’s most recent audit of its budget and impact of the pandemic shows that the cost of the project dubbed NISAR has already ballooned by $10.4 million in 2020. As the shadow of the pandemic continues to loom, the programme is estimated to get more expensive by a whopping $36 million. NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is among NASA’s projects to be the most significantly impacted. NASA’s audit reveals that a few activities continued unhindered, a moderate amount proceeded at a reduced level because of limited access to facilities and significant number of activities were essentially suspended with NASA shutting 12 of its 18 major facilities. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="What is NISAR?" comment="subhead" text="What is NISAR?">What is NISAR?</cmsannotation> NISAR’s high resolution images will be used to track local changes and measure regional trends. The data will provide scientists with a better understanding of the causes and consequences of changes on the surface of land. NASA and ISRO hope that scientists will use this information to figure out how resources can be better managed as well as address the burgeoning problem of global warming. <div type="Video" msid="81842153" hostid="261" title="Global Biomass Mapping by NISAR" dataSource="BUSINESSINSIDER" thumbUrl="https://denmark.timesinternet.in/cmslite/api/app/images.jpg?msid=81842153"></div> <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="What is causing delays for NISAR?" comment="subhead" text="What is causing delays for NISAR?">What is causing delays for NISAR?</cmsannotation> All activities around NISAR were forced to come to a stop in mid-March 2020, according to NASA. Limited activities focused on the project’s hardware were resumed later during the same month. However, the remaining hardware activities did not come back full throttle until early June 2020. The project was also subject to delays from domestic and international partners. For instance, Boeing’s manufacturing operation underwent an initial two-month-long delay in March 2020. It faced another five-week long delay in August 2020 due to COVID-19 exposure. As of September 2020, teams working on the NISAR project at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) were at near-normal levels. <div type="image" title="NISAR_edited" msid="81841660" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Members of the NISAR mission at NASA&amp;#39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California received the S-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) from their partner in India on 20 March 2021&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/environment/news/google-bmw-volvo-and-samsung-ban-on-deep-sea-mining-could-favour-india-but-the-country-has-its-own-plans-to-exploit-ocean-resources/articleshow/81777647.cms">India has the most to gain from Google, BMW and Volvo’s call for a ban on deep-sea mining — but it has its own plans to exploit resources under the ocean</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/environment/news/earth-lost-more-arctic-sea-ice-than-the-area-of-rajasthan-and-madhya-pradesh-combined-in-2021/articleshow/81775537.cms">The planet lost more Arctic sea ice than the area of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh combined in 2021</a>

NASA-ISRO joint radar satellite could face a seven-month delay and cost $36 million more bearing the impact of COVID-19

<ul><li>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) stated that the <keyword id="116095" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Space-Research-Organisation">Indian Space Research Organisation</keyword> (ISRO) has ‘inspired’ them with <keyword id="414120" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chandrayaan-2">Chandrayaan 2</keyword>. </li><li>NASA also said that it looks forward to future missions with ISRO. </li><li>NASA’s laser reflector arrays were abroad Chandrayaan 2’s lander, Vikram. </li><li>NASA and ISRO are already collaborating to build the most expensive Earth imaging satellite till date — NISAR — pegged to cost $1.5 billion. </li></ul> As the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) tries to figure out <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/chandrayaan-2-fails-in-the-final-seconds-of-descent-to-moons-south-pole/articleshow/71018196.cms">what went wrong</a> with the moon landing, international support is pouring in from all corners of the world. The US’ apex space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), tweeted that that ISRO has ‘inspired’ then with their journey. <div type="twitter" handle="NASA" handlename="NASA" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1091070803184177153/TI2qItoi_normal.jpg" favoritecount="102912" retweetcount="35977" status="Space is hard. We commend @ISRO’s attempt to land their #Chandrayaan2 mission on the Moon’s South Pole. You have in… https://t.co/M2a8mU8eVA" createdat="1567876723000" id="1170385925077131264"></div>

 NASA’s link to Chandrayaan 2 Chandrayaan 2, though primarily an Indian mission, was carrying <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/chandrayaan-2-india-moon-mission-14-high-tech-instruments-to-look-for-water/articleshow/69867398.cms">NASA’s laser instruments</a>. Its laser reflector arrays were aboard <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/everything-you-need-to-know-about-vikram-chandrayaan-2s-lander-as-it-lands-on-the-moon/articleshow/71008396.cms">the lander</a>. NASA has been sending up laser reflector arrays with every mission that’s aiming to land on the Moon. One was also on the Israeli lander, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/israeli-scientists-attempt-at-the-first-private-moon-landing-failed-because-of-a-glitch-that-caused-a-high-speed-crash-into-the-lunar-surface/articleshow/68858222.cms">Beresheet</a>, that crashed into the lunar surface earlier this year. The Moon is already home to five such lasers, according to Simone Dell’Angello, a physicist at the National Institute for Nuclear Physics National Laboratory. The aim of populating the Moon with these instruments is to get an accurate reading of the distance between the Earth and its natural satellite. Retroreflectors are basically very high tech mirrors and their job is to reflect back any lasers signals that Earth sends its way. The reflection from the instruments on the lander would help pinpoint its location. The location, in turn, can be used to calculate the precise distance between the Moon and the Earth. NASA’s history with the Moon Landing on the Moon isn’t easy and nobody knows that better than NASA. It took the US space agency <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/lunartimeline.html">15 attempts </a>before it finally nailed a hard landing on the Moon. Even NASA’s <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/surveyor.html">Surveyor Program</a> — a series of uncrewed soft landings on the Moon — had to face two failures. NASA’s has plans of its own for 2024 The last time NASA sent humans to the Moon was in 1972 as a part of the Apollo 17 mission. Its last uncrewed mission was back in 2013 when it launched the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080813104358/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=LADEE">LADEE</a>) to intentionally crash into the far side of the Moon. Now, US President Donald Trump is looking to remake US glory by sending astronauts to the Moon again — the mission is called Artemis. He’s even moved up the deadline from 2028 to 2024 — a move that might <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/NASA-says-it-needs-a-1-6-billion-down-payment-from-Congress-to-send-astronauts-back-to-the-moon-within-5-years/articleshow/69331646.cms">cost the US government $1.55 billion</a> as well as reallocating $321 million from other NASA projects. This is on top of NASA’s <a href="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreier/2019/0215-fy2019-nasa-gets-its-best-budget-in-decades.html">annual budget</a> of $21.5 billion. And, the spending doesn’t stop there. ISRO and NASA are currently developing a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite — <a href="https://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/u-s-india-to-collaborate-on-mars-exploration-earth-observing-mission/">NISAR</a>. The satellite is scheduled to take off in 2020, according to NASA. NISAR is expected to be the most expensive Earth imaging till date with its cost pegged at $1.5 billion. It aims to study the effect of climate change on the environment and the resulting hazards. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/chandrayaan-2s-orbiter-has-seven-and-a-half-years-to-scan-the-surface-of-the-moon/articleshow/71027327.cms">Chandrayaan 2’s orbiter has seven and a half years to scan the surface of the Moon</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/chandrayaan-2-fails-in-the-final-seconds-of-descent-to-moons-south-pole/articleshow/71018196.cms">Chandrayaan 2 loses contact with the lander in the final seconds of the descent to Moon's surface</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/moon-landing-drama-play-by-play-of-isro-losing-communication-with-chandrayaan-2s-lander/articleshow/71018307.cms">Moon landing drama: Play by play of ISRO losing communication with Chandrayaan 2's lander</a>

NASA 'inspired' by Chandrayaan 2 as it plans to return to the Moon after 7 years

Srinagar, Apr 29 () The police has earned praise for carrying out the last rites of an elderly COVID-19 positive woman, who died here on Tuesday, as her family members could not be present to bury her amid the countrywide lockdown. The 80-year-old woman, who was diabetic and hypertensive, was laid to rest at a graveyard in Rainawari area of the city by police personnel as per the World Health Organisation protocol. The funeral prayers were also performed by the police as the woman's close relatives were placed in administrative quarantine after she had tested positive for the disease.Social media was abuzz with appreciation for the police officials for going beyond their call of duty to give a dignified burial to the woman. "Cops beyond the call of duty: SHO of Rainawari burried the deceased lady from Rainawari who died of COVID-19. Her relatives could not turn for funeral but the officer did," a senior police officer tweeted. Another Twitter user, Waseem Khan, wrote, "May Allah reward them all for this noble cause, they're serving the people in all aspects. They really care for the people of J&amp;K".However, the inability of the victim's close relatives to bid her goodbye also caused some to express sympathies for her and her kin on social media."This pandemic has snatched the very humane touch we all long for. Not being able to say good bye is worse than the death itself, " Saleem Sofi, a Facebook user, wrote. Dr Naveed Nazir Shah, who is heading the COVID-19 hospital at Dalgate, also took to social media to express his views. "Painfull to see the family members, near n dear ones not able to perform the last rites," Shah tweeted. He said the woman neither had a travel history nor was a primary contact of any coronavirus patient. "This is what can happen if we DONT follow advisories. ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH COMORBIDITIES are most susceptible, " he warned. Meanwhile, the Doctors Association of Kashmir has said there is no risk of catching infection from the bodies of persons who die from the novel coronavirus."Cadavers do not transmit disease," said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan."There is no evidence of a person being infected from exposure to a corpse of a person who died of coronavirus," he said.Dr Nisar said the main driver of transmission of COVID-19 is through respiratory droplets generated when an infected person coughs or sneezes."There is no chance of spread of infection from a dead person. The dead person won't cough or sneeze. The virus doesn't survive in the human body after death," he added.Dr Nisar said health care workers and family members should be sensitized that dead people cannot spread the novel coronavirus and there is no reason to worry as long as standard precautions are followed."For health care workers, mortuary staff and others handling bodies, these standard precautions involve wearing PPE," he said"For family members, they involve not touching the body, wearing basic protective gear and not gathering in groups to pray," he added. MIJ RDMRDM

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NASA estimates the pandemic ballooned costs by $3 billion — here are the projects to take the biggest hit

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NASA-ISRO joint radar satellite could face a seven-month delay and cost $36 million more bearing the impact of COVID-19

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NASA 'inspired' by Chandrayaan 2 as it plans to return to the Moon after 7 years

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Cops earn praise for burying elderly woman who died of COVID-19 in JK

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