Low wages and a modest payload. But the cost is not the important thing. The important thing is they got there, where many have failed. Now that they learned on a cheap satellite, they can do something bigger.

12 posted on 09/25/2014 8:43:13 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer

To: Vince Ferrer

SUMMARY FROM: THE DAILY MAIL

India's spacecraft orbits Mars successfully - and it cost less to send it there than Hollywood spent on making Gravity

Mars Orbiter cost £45 million ($74 million), three-quarters that of Gravity
It took 300 days to travel more than 420 million miles (670 million km)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed it 'near impossible' success
The spacecraft, called Mangalyaan, will now study red planet's surface
Spacecraft will study Mars for methane, a key chemical for life on Earth
Data will help scientists better understand how planets and life evolved

14 posted on 09/25/2014 8:45:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794