Space and physical sciences

Abstract

Being a physicist, having close links with space efforts of the country, 1 propose to use this opportunity to share with you the excitement of doing physics the space-way. Over the last three decades, we are witnessing a phase of science research where breakthroughs or opening of new frontiers of knowledge are becoming increasingly possible only with advances in experimental techniques and technology with technological and scientific advances driving each other. Here I propose to cite some specific examples of fundalnental contributions to physics made possible by advances in space technology, a more exhaustive list of which is given in Table 1. I shall also discuss the possibilities of doing experiments in physical sciences using the Indian space platform.