How To Turn Home Science Into Rocket Science?
It may sound preposterous to you that home science can be used into rocket science but this is the reality which is hard to believe. The recent movie "Mission Mangal" is the best example of it. "Home science can be converted into rocket science” and the above mentioned movie endorses this statement to be true.
Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in his recent motivational speech at ISRO has said that "Science is the greatest branch of the knowledge." So far as the science is concerned, it has many branches and they all are one or the other way related to one - another. The branches may differ but the technique behind them is the same. All the laws of the sciences function in uniformity. Therefore techniques used in the one branch can also be applied in any other branch of the science.
In order to understand "how home science can be converted in rocket science"; let's take some examples.
When we make poori at home, we use this trick. When we find that the oil in the pan is piping hot, we put off the gas and fry many pooris in the hot oiled pan and hence save the gas. The same technique was used is the movie to reach to the mars in the small amount of fuel. The scientists turned-on the engine of the orbiter at the time of its fall and that gave it sufficient energy to move it ahead for revolving in its orbit. Later, they switched off the orbiter’s engine to save the fuel. Also in order to reduce the weight and other expenses of the satellite, the scientists made the satellite by using plastic, which indeed is pollution but eventually became a solution.
When the mission was at the verge of its launching, scientists got stuck at a serious issue. They needed material for satellite to launch but they had no extra funds for that. At that time scientist was a lady and also a housewife. She used her home-science sense and suggested to use the old material used in the previous Launch. She emphasized on why to waste the matter that they already had. Similarly, home science also deals with the same idea of reusing the things. If the food is redundant, our mothers give it to all of us after seasoning the food.
At some crucial point all the signals were lost with the orbiter. Everybody was puzzled with-what to do next. In such a serious situation one of the lady scientists again used her home-science trick that she learned seeing her husband while he operated the computer. Her husband used to reboot the computer when it got hanged. She also did the same with the orbiter when its signals transmission was lost. After a few seconds to reboot, not only they got the signals back but at the same time it increased the speed of orbiter to a great extent, which was very much required.
Through these examples it is to be cleared that people who consider home science as an inferior subject or feel it confined within the four walls of the houses, needs to change their thinking. Nothing is smaller or bigger in this world. The minds that use those things make them bigger or smaller.
RBMI is the only institute in North region which focuses on each and every student to bring a complete transformation in their thoughts and personality. Home science is itself a world of knowledge. It contains ample of opportunities within it, only the vision is required to explore it and for that RBMI is the best place.
Shyama Chauhan (Assistant Professor, RBMI-Bareilly)
