Decision Near.

The article reports that India will formally request government funding for a human space mission within seven years as it continues to push its spaceflight capabilities in the civil and military arenas. With China moving ahead on preparations for its third human launch, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will ask the government to approve a human spaceflight mission by 2014 to 2015. The project is expected to cost $2.5 billion. The Space Commission headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will review the request of the ISRO.