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Last week, the Union government’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) signed an agreement with a private space firm, Agnikul Cosmos, for extending financial support of Rs 200 crore under the Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund for the development of a reusable launch vehicle or rocket. The idea is to recover from space not just a part of a rocket after the launch but to make the rocket fully reusable. The technology is aimed at reducing launch and manufacturing costs greatly, and minimising the generation of space debris.