The Space Pioneer Award for the year 2015 was presented to Indian Space Research Organization during the 34th Annual International Space Development Conference held at Toronto in Canada.
Here's why we think it is the most amazing space mission in the world and undoubtedly deserved the merit.
1. The Mangalyaan mission cost India 450 crores which is even cheaper than an eight-lane bridge in Mumbai and extremely cheaper than the movie Gravity. Ergo, making it the most cost-effective inter-planetary space mission ever.
2. In real terms, when distributed over the population of 1.2 billion, every Indian has contributed Rs.4 per towards the mission.
3. Mangalyaan will observe the environment of Mars and look for various elements like methane (marsh gas), which is a possible indicator of life. It will also look for Deuterium-Hydroden ratio and other neutral constants.
4. The orbiter weighs 1,350-kg, which is even less than the weight of an average sports utility vehicle.
5. The manufacturing of Mangalyaan took 15 months while NASA took five years to complete MAVEN.
6. Mangalyaan is the first spacecraft to be launched outside the Earth’s sphere of influence by ISRO in its entire history of 44 years.
7. ISRO will be the fourth space agency in the world.
8. Considering that Mars is about 670 million kilometers from the Earth, the cost of the ride works out to about Rs.6.7 per kilometre – cheaper than what even autorickshaws charge anywhere in India!
Thus, India has truly excelled as the pioneer of astronomy In all achievable ways.
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