'India to set up own space station in 7 yrs'

"We don't want to be part of the International Space Station , therefore we want to set up our own. Our station won't be very big. It will have a mass of 20 tonnes and be used for studies including microgravity tests. It will have provision for people to live for 15-20 days," Isro chief K Sivan said. India will be part of international collaborations to send humans to Moon and Mars, and colonise the Moon, he said.

from Times of India http://bit.ly/2WKg2Eo