India could send a probe to Mars. Compared to NASA just for a fraction of the price. In India slavand. Their unmanned probe is already on Mars orbit. Indians are historically neighborhoods that have reached the red planet. The probe will examine, among other things, whether extraterrestrial life is present on Mars.

After a long journey that lasted nearly a year, the Indian Mangalyaan probe succeeded in reaching the orbit of the red planet. The Indian Space Agency (ISRO) has issued a statement that its unmanned probe successfully performed a maneuver in which 24 minutes and 12 seconds ignited its engines and took a planned position in orbit around Mars. This week Mars and the American Maven probe parked on Martian orbit. Together with the Indian probe, the number of unmanned devices studying the red planet has risen to eight.

Let's take a look at the interesting numbers, or the ISRO (Mars Orbiter Mission) comparison. NASA (Maven Mars Orbiter). The mission to Mars was published in India for 4,5 billion rupees (ie 1,6 billion crowns). At NASA, the total cost of Maven Mars Orbiter has climbed to 672 million dollars (14,5 billion crowns). That is, Indians have been able to squeeze this sum on 11% NASA prices.

Source: CTK, CDR