#India’s budgetary allocation for its space programme is $1.55bn - #NASA’s budget for the year is $25bn
. India spent $74m on the #Mars
orbiter #Mangalyaan and $75m on #Chandrayaan3. NASA’s #Maven orbiter had cost $582m
and Russia’s #Luna25 $133m. #ISRO employs far fewer people and pays lower salaries, which makes Indian projects competitive
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9xlgnnpzvo
