<p>He ruled out any design failure in the GSLV vehicle.<br /><br />In three days, ISRO will come out with how and why this happened, Radhakrishnan said. There was a valve leak problem in the cryogenic stage that was noted last Sunday, which was then rectified.<br /><br />Making it clear that the valve leak and its subsequent rectification had nothing to do with Saturday’s downturn, Radhakrishnan parried a query on whether any “sabotage” could have triggered the disaster.<br /><br />“I don't know about that,” he quipped. <br /><br />The entire ISRO team of scientists and engineers at the Mission Control Centre in Sriharikota looked downcast at the GSLV’s 7th mission turning unsuccessful.<br /><br />Radhakrishnan, however, did not think the failure would hit or seriously undermine India’s space programme.<br /><br />The Russian cryogenic stage engine, used in the GSLV launch on Saturday, was also not old and it had been certified as fit for use, he said.</p>
<p>He ruled out any design failure in the GSLV vehicle.<br /><br />In three days, ISRO will come out with how and why this happened, Radhakrishnan said. There was a valve leak problem in the cryogenic stage that was noted last Sunday, which was then rectified.<br /><br />Making it clear that the valve leak and its subsequent rectification had nothing to do with Saturday’s downturn, Radhakrishnan parried a query on whether any “sabotage” could have triggered the disaster.<br /><br />“I don't know about that,” he quipped. <br /><br />The entire ISRO team of scientists and engineers at the Mission Control Centre in Sriharikota looked downcast at the GSLV’s 7th mission turning unsuccessful.<br /><br />Radhakrishnan, however, did not think the failure would hit or seriously undermine India’s space programme.<br /><br />The Russian cryogenic stage engine, used in the GSLV launch on Saturday, was also not old and it had been certified as fit for use, he said.</p>
