India Zooms To Mars Much More Cheaply, But With Trade-Offs

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Earlier this week, two spacecraft arrived at the planet Mars. One came from India, the other from the U.S. Both are now in orbit and collecting data. But the Indian probe is conducting its mission at a tiny fraction of the cost of its NASA counterpart.

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Source: NPR Science - ingested into KQED

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