9 Incredible Facts About India’s Mars
Mission That Will Make You Super Proud,
1. India is the first country in the world to
have succeeded in putting a probe into
Mars’s orbit in the very first attempt.
2. This is, hands down, the most cost
effective Mars Mission to have ever been
undertaken.
3. On an average, every Indian has probably
contributed about Rs. 5 per person towards
the mission.
4. At Rs 438 Crore for 68 Million km, the
mission cost about Rs 6.44 per km. That is
cheaper than what many auto-rickshaws
charge in the country.
5. N.A.S.A. took 5 years to complete its
“Maven” Mars Orbiter. The I.S.R.O. took just15 months to complete Magalyaan.
6. They even managed to make it weigh
about 1,350 kilograms. That’s less than your
average S.U.V.
7. The odds were stacked against us. Of the
51 Mars missions attempted across the
world so far, 21 have failed. But we nailed it.
8. India will join the U.S, Europe and Russia
in an elite group of countries to have
successfully undertaken a mission to Mars.
9. The success of the mission will solidify
India’s reputation as a competent and low
cost base for sophisticated engineering.
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