WE MADE IT TO MARS !!!
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As our PM Narendra Modi rightly said, "we have dared to reach out into the unknown and have achieved the near impossible,"
We are the only nation so far to reach Mars on its first attempt. We are also the nation who have spent the least amount of money to do so. India’s Mars mission has a price tag of about $74 million, a fraction of the $671 million cost of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s latest Mars program, about three-quarters of the amount to make the Oscar-winning movie 'Gravity' about astronauts stranded in space.
NASA congratulated India in a Twitter message, welcoming Mangalyaan (Sanskrit for Mars-craft) to studying the Red Planet.
In its six-month life, the mission will study the atmosphere of Mars and search for methane gas while asking that eternal question that has dogged humanity: "Are we alone in the universe?"
Without faith and will, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible
Sankarsan Parida
Just to preempt Dalek Dave (I know he's got a bee in his bonnet about this). You'll be refusing all future international aid then as you can afford to go to other planets.
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As our PM Narendra Modi rightly said, "we have dared to reach out into the unknown and have achieved the near impossible,"
We are the only nation so far to reach Mars on its first attempt. We are also the nation who have spent the least amount of money to do so. India’s Mars mission has a price tag of about $74 million, a fraction of the $671 million cost of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s latest Mars program, about three-quarters of the amount to make the Oscar-winning movie 'Gravity' about astronauts stranded in space.
NASA congratulated India in a Twitter message, welcoming Mangalyaan (Sanskrit for Mars-craft) to studying the Red Planet.
In its six-month life, the mission will study the atmosphere of Mars and search for methane gas while asking that eternal question that has dogged humanity: "Are we alone in the universe?"
Without faith and will, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible
Sankarsan Parida
And yet the US still gives 10's of millions of US dollars to India in the form of aid every year. More than a billion dollars over the last decade. Why is that? BTW - Congrats on the Mars project! :-D
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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As our PM Narendra Modi rightly said, "we have dared to reach out into the unknown and have achieved the near impossible,"
We are the only nation so far to reach Mars on its first attempt. We are also the nation who have spent the least amount of money to do so. India’s Mars mission has a price tag of about $74 million, a fraction of the $671 million cost of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s latest Mars program, about three-quarters of the amount to make the Oscar-winning movie 'Gravity' about astronauts stranded in space.
NASA congratulated India in a Twitter message, welcoming Mangalyaan (Sanskrit for Mars-craft) to studying the Red Planet.
In its six-month life, the mission will study the atmosphere of Mars and search for methane gas while asking that eternal question that has dogged humanity: "Are we alone in the universe?"
Without faith and will, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible
Sankarsan Parida
Wasting absurd amounts of money on government programs without crashing the economy is one of the greatest sources of pride and joy in the USA. The US Government is like a showy tycoon who buys hundreds of luxury cars, yachts, and private jets as status symbols that he has no intention of ever even using once. Burning only $74 million on a Mars mission is a sign of weakness on India's part. If they really wanted to be a bad-ass nation, they should have sent a Mars lander with AC, cruise control, a sun roof, oversized tires, and a load of other accessories that are absolutely pointess and absurdly expensive to build and blast into space.
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Wasting absurd amounts of money on government programs without crashing the economy is one of the greatest sources of pride and joy in the USA. The US Government is like a showy tycoon who buys hundreds of luxury cars, yachts, and private jets as status symbols that he has no intention of ever even using once. Burning only $74 million on a Mars mission is a sign of weakness on India's part. If they really wanted to be a bad-ass nation, they should have sent a Mars lander with AC, cruise control, a sun roof, oversized tires, and a load of other accessories that are absolutely pointess and absurdly expensive to build and blast into space.
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Are you kidding ? You don't have a point to say anything about $74 million on a Mars.. BTW wasting 100 Million dollars on Gravity movie is that really worth ?
Well, the film grossed $274,084,951, making a handsome profit. The Mars mission, however, doesn't look like it will make a profit.
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Well, the film grossed $274,084,951, making a handsome profit. The Mars mission, however, doesn't look like it will make a profit.
There is a reason for everything to do and it's not a movie or a joke they wanted to perform. It's really strange that you think the Mars mission is about a profit thing. Do you have answers for the NASA's $671 million mars Maven mission ? Obviously they are not looking for any profit. Well here's a link to know the objective of this mission, directly from ISRO http://www.isro.org/pslv-c25/mission-objective.aspx[^] Thanks,
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There is a reason for everything to do and it's not a movie or a joke they wanted to perform. It's really strange that you think the Mars mission is about a profit thing. Do you have answers for the NASA's $671 million mars Maven mission ? Obviously they are not looking for any profit. Well here's a link to know the objective of this mission, directly from ISRO http://www.isro.org/pslv-c25/mission-objective.aspx[^] Thanks,
I didn't think it was about profit, but you seemed to think that the movie Gravity was a waste of money. I merely pointed out that your argument was fallacious. Oh, and I assume that no further aid needs to be sent to India.
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As our PM Narendra Modi rightly said, "we have dared to reach out into the unknown and have achieved the near impossible,"
We are the only nation so far to reach Mars on its first attempt. We are also the nation who have spent the least amount of money to do so. India’s Mars mission has a price tag of about $74 million, a fraction of the $671 million cost of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s latest Mars program, about three-quarters of the amount to make the Oscar-winning movie 'Gravity' about astronauts stranded in space.
NASA congratulated India in a Twitter message, welcoming Mangalyaan (Sanskrit for Mars-craft) to studying the Red Planet.
In its six-month life, the mission will study the atmosphere of Mars and search for methane gas while asking that eternal question that has dogged humanity: "Are we alone in the universe?"
Without faith and will, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible
Sankarsan Parida
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There is a reason for everything to do and it's not a movie or a joke they wanted to perform. It's really strange that you think the Mars mission is about a profit thing. Do you have answers for the NASA's $671 million mars Maven mission ? Obviously they are not looking for any profit. Well here's a link to know the objective of this mission, directly from ISRO http://www.isro.org/pslv-c25/mission-objective.aspx[^] Thanks,
Labor is 8x cheaper in India. Hence $74 million vs. $671 million. Besides, it'd be an egg on India's face (an American expression) if they spent $740 million when 68.7% of the country lives in poverty. Here, Clickity[^], Cickity[^]
MeowHERE's PROOF! Today, NASA reviews each step of mission development closely, almost "to a fault," Betts said. That kind of attention to detail doesn't come cheap. Nor do American engineers. According to PayScale.com's global survey, aerospace engineers are paid a median annual salary of $9,773 in India, and almost eight times more — $75,940 — in the United States. Linky[^] -
As our PM Narendra Modi rightly said, "we have dared to reach out into the unknown and have achieved the near impossible,"
We are the only nation so far to reach Mars on its first attempt. We are also the nation who have spent the least amount of money to do so. India’s Mars mission has a price tag of about $74 million, a fraction of the $671 million cost of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s latest Mars program, about three-quarters of the amount to make the Oscar-winning movie 'Gravity' about astronauts stranded in space.
NASA congratulated India in a Twitter message, welcoming Mangalyaan (Sanskrit for Mars-craft) to studying the Red Planet.
In its six-month life, the mission will study the atmosphere of Mars and search for methane gas while asking that eternal question that has dogged humanity: "Are we alone in the universe?"
Without faith and will, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible
Sankarsan Parida
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Labor is 8x cheaper in India. Hence $74 million vs. $671 million. Besides, it'd be an egg on India's face (an American expression) if they spent $740 million when 68.7% of the country lives in poverty. Here, Clickity[^], Cickity[^]
MeowHERE's PROOF! Today, NASA reviews each step of mission development closely, almost "to a fault," Betts said. That kind of attention to detail doesn't come cheap. Nor do American engineers. According to PayScale.com's global survey, aerospace engineers are paid a median annual salary of $9,773 in India, and almost eight times more — $75,940 — in the United States. Linky[^]It looks like they don't have a common scene to spend $740 million, when the USA outsource software to India and almost every tiny hardware manufacturing to China :laugh: Based on your link one interesting thing which I found out was NASA Choosing Atlas 5 Rocket to launch new mars orbiter. And the total launch service itself costed $187 million.
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Each Atlas V rocket uses a Russian-built RD-180 engine burning kerosene and liquid oxygen to power its first stage and an American-built RL10 engine burning liquid hydrogen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_V[^] http://www.space.com/9392-nasa-chooses-atlas-5-rocket-launch-mars-orbiter.html[^]
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It looks like they don't have a common scene to spend $740 million, when the USA outsource software to India and almost every tiny hardware manufacturing to China :laugh: Based on your link one interesting thing which I found out was NASA Choosing Atlas 5 Rocket to launch new mars orbiter. And the total launch service itself costed $187 million.
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Each Atlas V rocket uses a Russian-built RD-180 engine burning kerosene and liquid oxygen to power its first stage and an American-built RL10 engine burning liquid hydrogen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_V[^] http://www.space.com/9392-nasa-chooses-atlas-5-rocket-launch-mars-orbiter.html[^]
yes we agree that Govt. needs to concentrate to improve our hardware manufacturing
Sankarsan Parida
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And yet the US still gives 10's of millions of US dollars to India in the form of aid every year. More than a billion dollars over the last decade. Why is that? BTW - Congrats on the Mars project! :-D
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
I find myself asking the same about the UK nowadays - India is becoming economically strong, I'll be more impressed when they deal with the appalling poverty in their own country.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
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It looks like they don't have a common scene to spend $740 million, when the USA outsource software to India and almost every tiny hardware manufacturing to China :laugh: Based on your link one interesting thing which I found out was NASA Choosing Atlas 5 Rocket to launch new mars orbiter. And the total launch service itself costed $187 million.
Quote:
Each Atlas V rocket uses a Russian-built RD-180 engine burning kerosene and liquid oxygen to power its first stage and an American-built RL10 engine burning liquid hydrogen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_V[^] http://www.space.com/9392-nasa-chooses-atlas-5-rocket-launch-mars-orbiter.html[^]
Way to answer a different question!
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
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I didn't think it was about profit, but you seemed to think that the movie Gravity was a waste of money. I merely pointed out that your argument was fallacious. Oh, and I assume that no further aid needs to be sent to India.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
you seemed to think that the movie Gravity was a waste of money
I, OTOH, think it was a waste of time. I was so unenchanted with it that I can't even remember how it ended -- and I'll be damned if I'll give them more money, just to find out.
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