Re:India to launch Mars mission this year: President
by InclinedPlane on Thursday February 21, 2013 @06:47AM
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Did you read the article? This is an unmanned Mars mission. I believe India is more than capable of pulling of Mars orbiter mission.
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Re:India to launch Mars mission this year: President
by jacquesm on Thursday February 21, 2013 @07:59AM
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Sure it is unmanned, but you can have only so many space projects at once without incurring a risk.
To announce a mission of this magnitude when they already have a manned space program announced (with the budget to go along with it) would seem to me to dilute the funds to the point that both will likely end up aborted.
Maybe they should first complete the stuff they've already announced and then move on to the next target? As it is India's space program is not exactly on schedule adding more projects will likely reduce the chances of existing projects running to completion.