ISRO free to focus on frontier tech, deep space: PMO official

Space reforms unleashed by the government have made the future of the sector scalable and resilient and ISRO is now free to focus on frontier technologies and deep space, leaving the applications to the private players, P K Mishra, principal secretary to the prime minister, said on Friday.

Addressing the National Meet-2 organised by ISRO on the eve of National Space Day, Mishra also asked the space scientists to integrate emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and big data analytics into future satellites and ground…