ISRO responds to Pakistan and NASA who raised questions on Mission Shakti

While expressing deep concern over India's Mission Shakti (ASAT) test on Tuesday, Pakistan said that it has created debris in space, which is likely to hit the international space station. 

In a press release, the official spokesman of Pakistan said, "This ASAT test should be a matter of serious concern not only in terms of space debris, but also for the international space community."

This press release from Pakistan came after the American Space Agency NASA's statement. NASA on Tuesday expressed concern over the fact that about 400 pieces of debris have been gathered in space due to the anti-satellite missile test conducted by India, because of which astronauts going to international space station may have to face problems.

This was from NASA's Chief Jim Bridenstein. While addressing NASA employees on Monday, he mentioned the test done by India five days ago. Bridenstein said that not all pieces are too big to be tracked.

Jim said, 'We have an eye on that and we are tracking big pieces. We're talking about 10 centimeters (6 inches) pieces. So far 60 pieces have been found. ' He said that nearly 24 pieces have gone above the International Space Station.

However, India has positively replied to these statements. According to the English newspaper Indian Express, senior consultant to ISRO's president Tapan Mishra said on Tuesday that Indian scientists will not do anything that would put India to shame. In the next six months, the debris created by 'Mission Shakti' will vanish.

Further adding, Tapan Mishra said that the debris of the test done by China in the year 2007 are present in the space even today. He said that India will not intentionally take any steps which will become a global threat.