India has done the impossible by sending a satellite into the orbit around mars in its first attempt. India is the first country, not only in Asia, but the entire world to reach mars at once without failing. India now along with the Soviet Union, USA join the elite club of nations who have successfully carried out space missions to different planets. There have been 51 attempts to reach mars out of which more than half have failed.

According to me the most astonishing feature of this mission to mars was the cost of the mission.  It took India only $74 million to reach mars ($0.11 per kilometre) and it took $100 million to produce the 2013 blockbuster ‘Gravity 3-D’. It is even cheaper than riding an auto rickshaw in India (per km). The prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, also praised the scientists and said that they have gone beyond the boundaries of human enterprise and innovation. Thus, we can see that with new and innovative technology there is a decrease in the cost.

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1 .Harris, Gardiner. “On a Shoestring, India Sends Orbiter to Mars on Its First Try.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 24 Sept. 2014. Web. 5 Oct. 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/world/asia/on-a-shoestring-india-sends-orbiter-to-mars.html>.

1. “Mission to mars.” Budget mission. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2014. <http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/24/india-mars-satellite-successfully-enters-orbit>.