{
  "id": 3246095,
  "title": "He was told India couldn’t send him to Mars: How did he build NoPo to prove it wrong?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/he-was-told-india-couldnt-send-him-to-mars-how-did-he-build-nopo-to",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-25T06:32:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/he-wanted-to-go-to-mars-when-told-it-was-not-possible-in-india-he-named-his-bengaluru-startup-nopo-and-set-out-to-prove-them-wrong/articleshow/133496582.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Gadhadar Reddy’s childhood dream of reaching Mars led him to explore carbon nanotubes as a way to make future spacecraft lighter and stronger. In 2011, he co-founded Bengaluru-based NoPo Nanotechnologies after being told industrial production of the advanced material was “not possible” in India. Fifteen years later, NoPo is scaling up single-walled carbon nanotube production for potential…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}