>>That doesn't change the fact that other wealth was shot into space. No wealth was shot in to space, or literally negligible amounts of it. The wealth is the

>>That doesn't change the fact that other wealth was shot into space. No wealth was shot in to space, or literally negligible amounts of it. The wealth is the know-how, and expertise that can replicate such a mission again. Which exists in tact on earth. One of the goals of the mars mission is - to develop the technologies required for design, planning, management and operations of an interplanetary mission. In other words, this is just the beginning. From - http://www.isro.org/pslv-c25/mission-objective.aspx http://www.isro.org/pslv-c25/mission-objective.aspx The 'other wealth' you talk about is pocket change, in comparison to any public project.