NASA was shortlisting trained, talented and worthy ones to make a team that would undertake an ambitious space research. Kalpana Chawla was also an aspirant. NASA had received 2962 applications of eligible candidates for the mission. Out of 2962 only six would finally make the team.Project was to send the final chosen team into space […]
In 1988, Kalpana completed her thesis and duly earned Doctorate for research in Computational Fluid Dynamics for Colarado University.That was the time when there was a great demand for Aero-engineers and Space researchers. The big companies and institutions were snapping up talented people in the above fields. Brilliant ones like Kalpana Chawla were the prize
U.S. was a new country with a new atmosphere, liberal attitudes and complete freedom. Kalpana also felt changes taking place inside her according to the environment. She carried on with her reserve attitude. By nature she was an introvert who didn’t like too much mixing up with others. Kalpana devoted most of her time to
After some time in D.A.V. college Kalpana Chawla migrated to Dayal Singh college which had better engineering education facilities, the subject she opted for. In a quick time she adjusted to the environment of her new institution. Everything was going fine when she was again seized with the wish to emulate birds. She wanted to
Whenever in open the little Monto could not help gazing into the sky hoping to spot a bird or an aerial craft in flight which was her delight. At the age of seven, the father realised that it was time his Monto was admitted to school in proper fashion. The choice fell on English medium
As already revealed Chawlas already had two daughters and one son. They yearned for the fourth one to be a son as the father thought that his expanding enterprises would need at least two sons to carry them forward and further expand into an industrial empire. Then, industry was the only field a common ambitious
India has an enviable record of producing great characters who originated from very humble backgrounds of village or small town set ups to rise up to lofty heights of achievements in the fields of astronomy, mathematics, science, philosophy, philanthropy, new thoughts, principles, religion and spiritualism.Kalpana Chawla was different in the sense that boosted by burning
25-12-1643 : Birth at Woolsthorpe, England.26-12-1646 : Mother Henna remarried abandoning Isaac Newton to grandmother’s care.1654-58 : Step father died. Henna returns to Isaac with three step-siblings. Education in village and King’s School, Grantham.1658-61 : Fell in love. Went to Cambridge for higher studies. Love failed.1661-1665 : Worked in mess to pay for his fee
END TIME AND DEMISEIsaac Newton spent his last years in studying. He was gravitating towards spiritualism and religion. The most of the work of Newton of those years pertained to religion and his faith in God had deepened. He wanted to know more about mysteries of the spiritualism. He had become very anxious and restless
After the death of Isaac Newton his unpublished works were brought out by the government as he had now become a national icon who had set England on the top of the world of science. In the process some interesting facts about Newton’s nature of research came out. In the scientific innings his biggest interest
When did science catch the imagination of Newton? In one of his interviews Isaac Newton is reported to have said: ‘In the summer of 1663 I felt that I must work in the field of science. I was a young student in the Trinity College of Cambridge University. I bought a book on astrology in
Newton’s personal library yielded 1752 identifiable subjects or titles. Out of them 477 were on religion or spiritualism, 169 on chemistry, 126 on mathematics, 53 on physics, 33 on astronomy and 4 indeed were related to astrology.The discovery of four astrological books pointed out that he may have at some time some interest in the
Ever since the man began to evolve into thinking creature the things in the sky mystified him first of all and astronomy became its passion leading to visualization of God power as primordial force behind the creation. Astrology was a by-product and interested the man significantly. Everyone wants to know what the destiny has in
Changeability is the ever ongoing process. Newton also made his contribution to the ever change phenomenon of the creation. Before Newton there were several misconceptions about space science or astronomy. Some myths the people blindly clung to as is their wont. Some of the misconceptions were as the following : The planets and their satellites
Premature born baby Isaac Newton was so weak and small that a few people thought it could survive. The baby was too weak to cry or suckle. The prediction was that if the baby survived it would carry some handicap or malignancy. However the mother Henna nursed the baby for three years helping it live