Mars mission success

Indias Mars Orbiter Mission has swept with effortless

ease into orbit around the Red Planet, making this country
the first to achieve such a feat in a maiden attempt.
Thus far, only the United States, the former Soviet Union
and the European Space Agency have succeeded in doing
so
India and its space agency, the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO), now proudly join their ranks.
It is a tribute to ISRO and the professionalism of its
scientists and engineers that every minute detail for such
a complex mission could be attended to in the course of a
project completed in just one and a half years
Indias Mars effort costs Rs.460 crore, an economical price
tag by Western standards.
The Indian and U.S. space agencies are holding
discussions on possible scientific collaboration
Success with the Mars Orbiter will give ISRO the
confidence and capability to undertake more challenging
missions
However, if the country wants to send heavier and more
powerful spacecraft to Mars, it cannot do so with the Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) that was used for the
current mission
However, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
(GSLV) equipped with an indigenous cryogenic stage made
its first successful flight only in January this year, and a
few more flights will be necessary to establish its reliability