ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission a
GRAND SUCCESS!
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| Mars meets MOM! |
India's name was engraved in the history books when Indian Space Research Organization's Mars Orbiter Mission was successful in it's maiden voyage to enter into Mars' orbit. India also became the first every Asian country and the fourth country on the globe to reach Mars. A key feature of this mission was its cost efficiency. India was able to successfully launch this mission at a cost of just $72 million! This amount is relatively less as compared to the $672 million MAVEN Mars Orbiter launched by NASA and even less than the Hollywood Oscar-Winning film Gravity which costed a $100 million. Not only this, India's Mars mission was completely indigenous. The entry into Mars' atmosphere was India's first attempt to enter into the Elite Space Club which included powerful space organizations like NASA, ESA and Soviet Space Program.
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| Artist's rendering of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) |
This achievement of the developing nation and largest democracy in the word - India was acknowledged all of the world. India also has plans of sending an Indian-Astronaut on the Moon in the year 2020.
The Mars Orbiter Mission or MOM is special as well as incredibly important for India in order to march towards becoming a developed nation. MOM was launched on 5th November 2014 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre situated in Sriharikota, India. The scientists at ISRO were successful in entered the orbiter into Mars' orbit on 24th September 2014. It was a historic moment for all the Indians as well the whole world. India became the first every country on the planet to be successful in its first ever mission. This also proved that developing countries like India with with not-so-modern technological equipment's and a tight budget and can send indigenous spacecrafts to Mars!
The Mars Orbiter even started tweeting after its insertion into Mars' orbit.
The orbiter's first tweet? "What is red, is a planet and is the focus of my orbit?"
Second tweet? "I'll be back after breakfast. Good ol' sunlight. It's good for your battery."
The Orbiter also tweet to NASA's Curiosity Rover:
"Howdy @MarsCuriosity ? Keep in touch. I'll be around."
The Rover replied: "Namaste, @MarsOrbiter! Congratulations to @ISRO and India's first interplanetary mission upon achieving Mars orbit."
The Mars Orbiter also sent back some high definition pictures of Mars from its orbit:
Not only this, but the Orbiter has also sent a 3-D image of Mars!
Being an Indian, it's a very proud moment! The Indian Gov. received criticism for spending INR 450 crore(about $75 million) on this mission when people in the country are suffering from malnutrition, unemployment and lack of basic facilities.
To such people : Please read the facts provided below.
The fact that Mangalyaan was funded INR 450 crores by the Indian Govt. is true. But it is also true that the amount above is only 0.0039% of India's GDP. For a country like India in today's world, it is essential to develop as well maintain growth which are two completely different factors. Any government must allot a certain amount of money for scientific research and development. The Indian Govt. provides just 0.038% of it's G.D.P to ISRO which is comparatively nil compared to the thousands of crores being spent of the initiatives for upliftment of the Indian society.
- U.S and India to collaborate on Mars Mission:
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| Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Barack Obama |
The newly elected Prime Minister of the 1.25 billion population country- India visited the United States of America. PM Narendra Modi meet the United States President Barack H. Obama and the two nations have agreed to collaborate with each other for Mars Exploration Missions. This is a huge step for both countries as well as the world for the growth of space-exploration. This will also hopefully strengthen the Indian Economy.
My personal opinion is that whatever happens, the scientific community should strive in the name of SCIENCE! It is science that will continue to exist but not political parties, nations, governments even public opinion! Explore the wonderful universe without any vicarious intentions by simply being altruistic.
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