BENGALURU: Discussions are underway between India and Japan on making use of space segment for providing inputs on weather-monitoring parameters and also on joint lunar mission Isro chairman AS Kiran Kumar said on Friday. "We are looking at a future for a possible joint lunar mission. "In general, the endeavour of all space agencies is to make access to space cheaper. Unless you are able to reach there at lower costs, many of the activities including power generation, will not be feasible," he said. "Hence, in this context, almost all agencies are working towards making the cost of access to space cheaper and cheaper," he said.Recently, China had joined the global race to cut the cost of launching rockets, and announced its plans to bring down prices to $5,000 a kg.

Source: Times of India November 17, 2017 17:03 UTC