India is the first country in the world to have succeeded in putting a probe into Mars’ orbit in the very first attempt.

his is, hands down, the most cost effective Mars Mission to have ever been undertaken.

The Mangalyaan Mission cost $ 74 million. The recent Hollywood space adventure movie “Gravity” cost about a $ 100 million to make.

 At Rs 450 Crore for 780 Million km, the mission cost about Rs 5.77 per km. That is cheaper than what many auto-rickshaws charge in the country.

N.A.S.A. took 5 years to complete its “Maven” Mars Orbiter. The I.S.R.O. took just 15 months to complete Mangalyaan.

India will join the U.S, Europe and Russia in an elite group of countries to have successfully undertaken a mission to Mars.