The MOM has taken its memorable step by entering the
Mars’s orbit. Thanks to the scientist and all who have endeavored their
tireless life in giving a successful figure. Proud to be INDIAN.
India celebrated putting a spacecraft into orbit around
Mars hoping the rare feat will show the world it is open for business in space
exploration and inspire a new generation of homegrown scientists to help drive
growth.
India joined an elite club when it successfully guided
its Mars Orbiter Mission, affectionately called MOM, into orbit around the red
planet Wednesday morning. Only the U.S., former Soviet Union and European Space
Agency have been able to do that before.
India was particularly proud that MOM was developed
with homegrown technology and for a bargain price of about $75 million — a cost
that Modi quipped was lower than many Hollywood movie budgets. NASA's much
larger Maven mission, whose satellite went into orbit around Mars on Sunday,
cost nearly 10 times as much, at $671 million.
As the orbiter was placed in the orbit of the Red
Planet, Modi patted the back of Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K
Radhakrishan after watching the critical final moments with space scientists.
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