http://dagblog.com/link/india-headed-mars-17813 Comments for "India is headed for Mars!" en http://dagblog.com/comment/186666#comment-186666 <a id="comment-186666"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/india-headed-mars-17813">India is headed for Mars!</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I have to admit that I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, good for them! I'm a big space nerd, and I love that we have more members in the space exploration club. On the other hand, given the extreme poverty in India, part of me questions if this is the best use of their money. That said, this is a <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/10/31/242089411/indias-low-cost-mission-to-mars">low-cost mission</a> and ends up being only <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=80+%2F+1%2C237&amp;oq=80+%2F+1%2C237&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.2106j0j1&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;espv=210&amp;es_sm=119&amp;ie=UTF-8">6.5 cents per Indian</a> (using the more conservative $80 million figure from NPR, whereas India Times puts it at $73 million).</p> </div></div></div> Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:25:05 +0000 Verified Atheist comment 186666 at http://dagblog.com