Last week India sent a satellite into orbit around Mars, with a low-cost, nimble mission that has stunned the world. At $74m over three years, the cost was roughly one-ninth that of the latest (also successful) US mission, which took six years. And in reaching the red planet on its first attempt, India’s space agency succeeded where many other leading powers – including the US, Russia, China and Japan – failed.
上周,印度将一枚卫星送入火星轨道。印度这次太空任务成本之低,执行之灵活,均让世界震惊。在完成任务的3年中,印度仅花费7400万美元,这大约只是美国最近一次(同样成功的)火星任务的九分之一,且美国的任务耗时6年。印度航天机构第一次尝试抵达这颗红色行星就成功了,而包括美国、俄罗斯、manbetx3.0 和日本在内的其它大国首次尝试相关技术却没有成功。
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