"A one-km auto rickshaw ride in Ahmedabad takes Rs 10 and India reached Mars at Rs 10 per km which is really amazing," the Prime Minister said while talking about India's talent pool and potential to become one of the top most countries in the world.
The Prime Minister said a cost of Rs 7 was incurred per kilometre in covering the 650 million km distance to Mars by the unmanned spacecraft.
India had on September 24 created space history by successfully placing its low-cost Mars spacecraft in orbit around the Red Planet in its very first attempt, catapulting the country into an elite club of three nations.
At just USD 74 million, the mission costed less than the estimated 100 million USD budget of the sci-fi blockbuster "Gravity".
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Modi had witnessed the operation along with the space scientists in ISRO headquarter in Bangalore.