India's Chandrayaan-2 Mission Costs Rs 870 Crores, 3 Times Less Than Avengers: Endgame!
ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 mission is set to launch at 2:51 am on July 15 from Sriharikota. The entire mission costs about $124 million Approximately Rs 850 crores. On the other hand the Hollywood Blockbuster Avengers: Endgame cost about $356 million Rs 2441 crores to be made In that amount India could have fulfilled the Chandraysaan-2 mission thrice.
India is excited for its new space mission which is just a few hours away. ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 mission is set to launch at 2:51 am on July 15, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. This will, of course, depend on weather conditions at the time, and the state of readiness.
This launch will happen with the help of our biggest rocket ever, the GSLV Mk III. We also know that the mission will be led by an all-woman team, but do you know how much it costs?
Well, here is a hint - it costs less than what it took to make the last Avengers movie!
You heard it right. The entire Chandrayaan-2 mission costs about $124 million (Approximately Rs 850 crores). This includes the ¡®$31 million (approx Rs 123 crore ) price tag for the launch and $93 million (approx Rs 637 crores) for the satellite¡¯. On the other hand the Hollywood Blockbuster Avengers: Endgame cost about $356 million (Rs 2,441 crores) to be made.
In that amount, India could have fulfilled the Chandrayaan-2 mission thrice (#justsaying)
In 2014, when India carried out the Mars Orbiter Mission, the price of that mission too raised eyebrows. Narendra Modi, talking about the mission, said "Our program stands out as the most cost-effective. There is this story of our Mars mission costing less than the Hollywood movie 'Gravity.' ... Our scientists have shown the world a new paradigm of engineering and the power of imagination."
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) cost $74 million (approx Rs 507 crore) while the Sandra Bullock-starrer movie Gravity¡¯s budget was over a $100 million (approx Rs 687 crores)! The very same week, NASA also put a spacecraft into Mars orbit in its Maven mission, which cost $671 million (approx Rs 4601 crores). The two projects garnered a lot of comparison.
Here is some more information about the Chandrayaan-2 mission: the mission is made up of two major parts ¨C an orbiter which will enter orbit around the moon and a lander which will land near the south pole of the moon. The lander, named Vikram after Vikram Sarabhai, will be operational on the lunar surface for about 14 days and is capable of communicating with the orbiter and the rover.
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The cost effectiveness of the Indian space missions is really something to be impressed by. Let us all hope that the Chandrayaan-2 is launched successfully, establishing India¡¯s advancing space technology in the world. The world has eyes on this mission and it costing less than Avengers: Endgame only gives it more positive publicity.
