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How Cheap Was India's Mission to Mars?

How Cheap Was India's Mission to Mars? gp $800 VU.S.A. Maven missions to Mars $671M $700 films abouț outer space exploration 9.1x European Union Mars Express Orbiter $386M $600 India's mission to Mars $500 YJapan OGuardians of the Galaxy (2014) $17OM Nozomi* $189M $400 5.2x OArmageddon | (1998) $140M YRussia PHOBOS-GRUNT * $117M $300 OStar Wars: Episode 1 (1999). $115M Gravity (2013) $100M $200 2.6x 2.3x 1.9x OMission to Mars (2000) $90M YIndia Mangalyaan $74M 1.6x 1.6x 1.4x 1.2x $100 * did not make it to Mars orbit Source: Wall Street Journal, IMDB budget in millions Simron Khosla / GlobalPost

How Cheap Was India's Mission to Mars?

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India made history twice last week with its Mars orbiter, Mangalyaan. First, the Indian Space Research Organisation's spacecraft arrived safely in Mars' orbit on Wednesday, making India the first nati... on to reach the red planet's orbit on their first try. Then — and this might be even more impressive — India set the record for the cheapest-ever mission to Mars. It cost a total of $74 million, only 11 percent of the bill for NASA's most recent Mars mission. This chart shows just how cheap we're talking. Read the full story here: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/india/140927/chart-cheap-india-mars-mission

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