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And a very inexpensive/frugal attempt for that matter! It has been a miracle of cost effectiveness. This is a wonder on its own.
by kensai 3y ago
And a very inexpensive/frugal attempt for that matter! It has been a miracle of cost effectiveness. This is a wonder on its own.
- elevaet 3y agoWhat was the budget, and how does it compare to similar projects?
- Joe_Cool 3y agoAccording to Wikipedia they estimated US$90 Million in July https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-3#Funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-3#Funding
- ramesh31 3y ago>It has been a miracle of cost effectiveness. This is a wonder on its own. India has the third highest global GDP by PPP. This is incredibly powerful when you invest in your citizens education the way they have, as the cost of anything like this ends up coming down to skilled labor prices. Their number one competitive advantage at this point is human capital.
- tempnow987 3y agoReally the true wonder! Compare this to the US's SLS plans! The budget is mindboggling.
- dotnet00 3y agoTo be fair, the spending is SLS's primary mission, the snakes pushing for it couldn't actually care less about how often it flies or how useful it is.
- zitterbewegung 3y agoYea, back originally when the SLS was on the drawing board to be made it was supposed to be the safest ROI and it hasn’t even been launched successfully yet .
- enragedcacti 3y agoIt had a successful mission back in November: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_1