See You in Mars with APJ Abdul Kalam
“On Tuesday, 27 May 2008, I was addressing the students of Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology. While interacting with the students, I asked them, how many of them would like to become doctors, engineers, teachers, and political leaders. I saw the number of students opting for political leadership was only 4 or 5. There were 100s for other professions in the team of 800 students. While I asked how many of them wanted to go to Mars, I saw over 500 students lifting their hands. I have seen the same pattern of expectation from millions of youth I have been meeting during the last few years. I am sharing this expectation of the youth with this important group of ISRO scientists, as you are in the process of preparing the vision for the next 50 years. I told them, I will see them in Mars. I am sure, Chairman ISRO will definitely facilitate realization of the dreams of our youth and mine . “