India landed on the Moon for less than it cost to make Interstellar

[Windwaver]

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/chandrayaan-3-budget-india-interstellar-b2399203.html

Some houses cost less than Indian space agency spent on getting to the Moon

India has successfully landed on the Moon – for less than the cost of the film Interstellar.

The Indian space agency announced on Wednesday that it had completed a “soft landing” on the lunar surface, near its southern pole. It becomes the first ever to land there, and just the fourth country to successfully send a mission to the Moon at all.

And it did so on a very restrictive budget. The Chandrayaan-3 cost was sent to the Moon at a cost of about 6.15 billion rupees, or $75 million, according to Reuters.

That is less than the cost of most blockbuster space films. Gravity cost $100 million, The Martian cost $108 million – and it was less than half the cost of Interstellar, which was filmed on a budget of $165 million.

It even costs less than some houses. The UK’s most expensive house, for instance, went on sale at £200 million, or nearly three-and-a-half missions to the Moon.

The budget is even less than India allocated to Chandrayaan-2, the previous attempt to land on the Moon in 2019, which ended in failure when the lander crashed. That cost around 8 billion rupees, or about 30 per cent more than the latest successful mission, though engineers have made clear that many of the learnings from that earlier launch had been integrated into the latest one.

India has looked to build a reputation for cost-effective but still successful missions to space. It comes as the country encourages investment in the private space industry and businesses focused on satellites.

The price of the whole Indian mission is similar to that charged by SpaceX for one Falcon 9 launch. That is charged at $67 million, according to its website.

 

[Windwaver]

[Sosaria]

Already know as someone said. Cheaper, better, faster. (Or at least two out of three)

It's true!

Always can beat ang moh prices.

By the way, recently, a similar attempt was made by the russians (they actually overtook the india lunar mission on the way to the lunar surface) but crashed.

Jokes aside, they do have many talented engineers and scientists in india. Talking about the real IIT types and not uptron. Country and population is so large, the talent pool is unimaginable.

Edited August 25, 2023 by Sosaria

[Victor68]

Every country will have talent and joker. The bigger the population, the more for both. Inflated cost in many developed countries out priced themselves is also a fact. From trishaw to suddenly manufacturing a plane, do require miracles with some imagination. Most importantly, in my opinion, solving immediate needs of their own people is priority than competing to be the best. 

[Inlinefour]

my friend asking whether this is animation or new bollywood blockbuster 

[Jman888]

My only question is how they come back? 

[Stary]

del

Edited August 25, 2023 by Starry

[Karoon]

Hope some of their population shift there 

[Adrianli]

This is the real reason for the low cost.

Experts say India can keep costs low by copying and adapting existing space technology, and thanks to an abundance of highly skilled engineers who earn a fraction of their foreign counterparts' wages.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/india-chandrayaan-3-moon-lunar-mission-space-isro-3717351

 

[Adrianli]

On 8/25/2023 at 8:16 PM, Jman888 said:

My only question is how they come back? 

Nothing will come back. It will be space debris like all the others.

[mersaylee]

On 8/25/2023 at 8:16 PM, Jman888 said:

My only question is how they come back? 

They don't...until budget increases...or until no need liao 😁

[Ender]

On 8/25/2023 at 4:09 PM, yishunite said:

Lol but almost all those movie budgets are because of actor salary... actual equipment cost maybe only 10% lol

Bollywoods actors are cheaper than Hollywoods. If they get Leonardo DiCaprio  or Johnny Depp to pilot the craft instead, budget sure exceed Interstellar.

[Sosaria]

On 8/25/2023 at 9:17 PM, Adrianli said:

This is the real reason for the low cost.

Experts say India can keep costs low by copying and adapting existing space technology, and thanks to an abundance of highly skilled engineers who earn a fraction of their foreign counterparts' wages.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/india-chandrayaan-3-moon-lunar-mission-space-isro-3717351

 

Ang moh sour grapes

An ang moh engineer will have to be paid more, with more benefits, OSHA rules, union rules, etc. etc. - how to beat india cost structure?

[Victor68]

On 8/25/2023 at 9:18 PM, Adrianli said:

Nothing will come back. It will be space debris like all the others.

But someone manage to take a photo shot of the space craft leh. 😂

[Xefera]

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/did-nasa-satellite-capture-chandrayaan-3-landing-a-fact-check-4327960

seriously, why show a simulated moon landing? should just show live video for this monumental moment. 

or all these are "simulated" in a Bollywood studio? 🤣

[Flying_genie]

When the news cameras panned to Indian PM Modi, you could see how bored he was when he was pretending to watch the simulated "live" feed 🤣

[Jamesc]

NPNT

Where is the pictures?

Where is the videos?

People say US never land on the moon

but at least got video as proof!

 

 

Edited August 26, 2023 by Jamesc

[Windwaver]

On 8/25/2023 at 3:37 PM, Sosaria said:

Already know as someone said. Cheaper, better, faster. (Or at least two out of three)

It's true!

Always can beat ang moh prices.

By the way, recently, a similar attempt was made by the russians (they actually overtook the india lunar mission on the way to the lunar surface) but crashed.

Jokes aside, they do have many talented engineers and scientists in india. Talking about the real IIT types and not uptron. Country and population is so large, the talent pool is unimaginable.

SG not their top choice, UK/US.