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，印度將一枚衛星送入火星軌道。印度這次太空任務成本之低，執行之靈活，均讓世界震驚。在完成任務的3年中，印度僅花費7400萬美元，這大約只是美國最近一次（同樣成功的）火星任務的九分之一，且美國的任務耗時6年。印度航天機構第一次嘗試抵達這顆紅色行星就成功了，而包括美國、俄羅斯、中國和日本在內的其它大國首次嘗試相關技術卻沒有成功。
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