If it can be done, India can do it.

< snicker >

Send George Clooney

Because Indian companies pay their employees squat!

Big spenders: A comparison of how much countries have spent on their attempts to reach Mars. Both Russia and the US failed their first attempts to Mars, while the Chinese mission to Mars, dubbed Yinghuo-1 mission failed in 2011 and the Japanese mission to Mars ran out of fuel

because they outsource the engineering work to Elbonians?

SOURCE:

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/24/6838079/india-mars-mangalyaan

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the craft’s success is that it was made entirely with homegrown Indian technologies — and was produced on a remarkably small budget.

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.

The US has had several successful missions to Mars. Russia and the Soviet Union have had none.

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

Congrats, guys.

Missions[edit]

Spacecraft	Launch date^[1]	Operator	Mission^[1]	Outcome^[1]	Remarks	Carrier rocket^[2]
1M No.1	01960-10-10-000010 October 1960	OKB-1 Soviet Union	Flyby	0Launch failure	Failed to orbit	Molniya
1M No.2	01960-10-14-000014 October 1960	OKB-1 Soviet Union	Flyby	0Launch failure	Failed to orbit	Molniya
2MV-4 No.1	01962-10-24-000024 October 1962	Soviet Union	Flyby	0Launch failure	Disintegrated in LEO	Molniya
Mars 1 (2MV-4 No.2)	01962-11-01-00001 November 1962	Soviet Union	Flyby	1Spacecraft failure	Communications lost before flyby	Molniya
2MV-3 No.1	01962-11-04-00004 November 1962	Soviet Union	Lander	0Launch failure	Never left LEO	Molniya
Mariner 3	01964-11-05-00005 November 1964	NASA United States	Flyby	0Launch failure	Payload fairing failed to separate	Atlas LV-3 Agena-D
Mariner 4	01964-11-28-000028 November 1964	NASA United States	Flyby	4Successful	Closest approach at 01:00:57 UTC on 15 July 1965	Atlas LV-3 Agena-D
Zond 2 (3MV-4A No.2)	01964-11-30-000030 November 1964	Soviet Union	Flyby	1Spacecraft failure	Communications lost before flyby	Molniya
Mariner 6	01969-02-25-000025 February 1969	NASA United States	Flyby	4Successful		Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
2M No.521	01969-03-27-000027 March 19691	Soviet Union	Orbiter	0Launch failure	Failed to orbit	Proton-K/D
Mariner 7	01969-03-27-000027 March 19692	NASA United States	Flyby	4Successful		Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
2M No.522	01969-04-02-00002 April 1969	Soviet Union	Orbiter	0Launch failure	Failed to orbit	Proton-K/D
Mariner 8	01971-05-09-00009 May 19712	NASA United States	Orbiter	0Launch failure	Failed to orbit	Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
Kosmos 419 (3MS No.170)	01971-05-10-000010 May 1971	Soviet Union	Orbiter	0Launch failure	Never left LEO; upper stage burn timer set incorrectly	Proton-K/D
Mariner 9	01971-05-30-000030 May 1971	NASA United States	Orbiter	4Successful^[3]	Entered orbit on 14 November 1971, deactivated 516 days after entering orbit	Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
Mars 2 (4M No.171)	01971-05-19-000019 May 1971	Soviet Union	Orbiter	3Mostly successful	Entered orbit 27 November 1971, operated for 362 orbits. Mapping operations unsuccessful due to dust storms on the surface^{[citation needed]}	Proton-K/D
Mars 2 lander (SA 4M No.171)	01971-05-19-000019 May 1971	Soviet Union	Lander	1Spacecraft failure	Deployed from Mars 2, failed to land during attempt on 27 November 1971	Proton-K/D
Mars 3 (4M No.172)	01971-05-28-000028 May 1971	Soviet Union	Orbiter	3Mostly successful	Entered orbit 2 December 1971, operated for 20 orbits.^{[citation needed]} Mapping operations unsuccessful due to dust storms on the surface^{[citation needed]}	Proton-K/D
Mars 3 lander (SA 4M No.172)	01971-05-28-000028 May 1971	Soviet Union	Lander	1Spacecraft failure	Deployed from Mars 3; landed at 13:52 UTC on 2 December 1971 but contact lost 14.5 seconds later	Proton-K/D
Mars 4 (3MS No.52S)	01973-07-21-000021 July 1973	Soviet Union	Orbiter	1Spacecraft failure	Failed to perform orbital insertion burn	Proton-K/D
Mars 5 (3MS No.53S)	01973-07-25-000025 July 1973	Soviet Union	Orbiter	1Spacecraft failure	Failed after nine days in orbit	Proton-K/D
Mars 6 (3MP No.50P)	01973-08-05-00005 August 1973	Soviet Union	Lander Flyby	1Spacecraft failure	Contact lost upon landing, atmospheric data mostly unreadable. Flyby bus collected data.^[4]	Proton-K/D
Mars 7 (3MP No.51P)	01973-08-09-00009 August 1973	Soviet Union	Lander Flyby	1Spacecraft failure	Separated from coast stage prematurely, failed to enter Martian atmosphere	Proton-K/D
Viking 1 orbiter	01975-08-20-000020 August 1975	NASA United States	Orbiter	4Successful	Operated for 1385 orbits	Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Viking 1 lander	01975-08-20-000020 August 1975	NASA United States	Lander	4Successful	Deployed from Viking 1 orbiter, operated for 2245 sols	Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Viking 2 orbiter	01975-09-09-00009 September 1975	NASA United States	Orbiter	4Successful	Operated for 700 orbits	Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Viking 2 lander	01975-09-09-00009 September 1975	NASA United States	Lander	4Successful	Deployed from Viking 2 orbiter, operated for 1281 sols	Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Fobos 1 (1F No.101)	01988-07-07-00007 July 1988	Soviet Union	Orbiter Phobos lander	1Spacecraft failure	Communications lost before reaching Mars; failed to enter orbit	Proton-K/D-2
Fobos 2 (1F No.102)	01988-07-07-00007 July 1988	Soviet Union	Orbiter Phobos lander	2Partial failure	Orbital observations successful, communications lost before landing	Proton-K/D-2
Mars Observer	01992-09-25-000025 September 1992	NASA United States	Orbiter	1Spacecraft failure	Lost communications before orbital insertion	Commercial Titan III
Mars Global Surveyor	01996-11-07-00007 November 1996	NASA United States	Orbiter	4Successful	Operated for seven years	Delta II 7925
Mars 96 (M1 No.520)	01996-11-16-000016 November 1996	Rosaviakosmos Russia	Orbiter Penetrators	0Launch failure	Never left LEO	Proton-K/D-2
Mars Pathfinder	01996-12-04-00004 December 1996	NASA United States	Lander/Rover	4Successful	Operated for 84 days	Delta II 7925
Nozomi (PLANET-B)	01998-07-03-00003 July 1998	ISAS Japan	Orbiter	1Spacecraft failure	Ran out of fuel before reaching Mars	M-V
Mars Climate Orbiter	01998-12-11-000011 December 1998	NASA United States	Orbiter	1Spacecraft failure	Burned up in the atmosphere	Delta II 7425
Mars Polar Lander	01999-01-03-00003 January 1999	NASA United States	Lander	1Spacecraft failure	Failed to land	Delta II 7425
Deep Space 2	01999-01-03-00003 January 1999	NASA United States	Penetrators	1Spacecraft failure	Deployed from MPL, no data returned	Delta II 7425
Mars Odyssey	02001-04-07-00007 April 2001	NASA United States	Orbiter	5Operational		Delta II 7925
Mars Express	02003-06-02-00002 June 2003	ESA European Union	Orbiter	5Operational		Soyuz-FG/Fregat
Beagle 2	02003-06-02-00002 June 2003	ESA European Union	Lander	1Spacecraft failure	Deployed from Mars Express	Soyuz-FG/Fregat
Spirit (MER-A)	02003-06-10-000010 June 2003	NASA United States	Lander/RoverRover	4Successful	operated for 2208 sols	Delta II 7925
Opportunity (MER-B)	02003-07-08-00008 July 2003	NASA United States	Lander/RoverRover	5Operational		Delta II 7925H
Rosetta	02004-03-02-00002 March 2004	ESA European Union	Gravity assist	N/A	Flyby in February 2007 en route to 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko^[5]	Ariane 5G+
MRO	02005-08-12-000012 August 2005	NASA United States	Orbiter	5Operational		Atlas V 401
Phoenix	02007-08-04-00004 August 2007	NASA United States	Lander	4Successful		Delta II 7925
Dawn	02007-09-27-000027 September 2007	NASA United States	Gravity assist	N/A	Flyby in February 2009 en route to 4 Vesta and Ceres	Delta II 7925H
Fobos-Grunt	02011-11-08-00008 November 2011	Roskosmos Russia	Orbiter Phobos sample	1Spacecraft failure	Never left LEO (intended to depart under own power)	Zenit-2M
Yinghuo-1	02011-11-08-00008 November 2011	CNSA China	Orbiter	1Lost with mothership	To have been deployed by Fobos-Grunt	Zenit-2M
Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory)	02011-11-26-000026 November 2011	NASA United States	Lander/RoverRover	5Operational		Atlas V 541
MOM	02013-11-05-00005 November 2013	ISRO India	Orbiter	5Operational	Entered Mars orbit on 24 September 2014 [07:17 IST]	PSLV
MAVEN	02013-11-18-000018 November 2013	NASA United States	Orbiter	5Operational		Atlas V 401

Map of landings[edit]

The following imagemap of the planet Mars has embedded links to geographical features in addition to the noted Rover and Lander locations. Click on the features and you will be taken to the corresponding article pages. North is at the top; Elevations: red (higher), yellow (zero), blue (lower).