A mega blockbuster space release, and mangalyaan did cost less than many sci-fi hollywood movies

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The News Minute| September 24, 2014| 7.320 pm ISTIndia is at its proudest today. What could make it even more proud?There is also an additional element of pride that it actually, physically


sent a satellite to orbit Mars at one third the cost that it took some Hollywood companies to make movies- about space, aliens and the rest.Remember Prime Minister Modi saying, "The


Hollywood movie Gravity cost more than our Mars mission - this is a great achievement?" That's not all. For instance, Mangalyaan cost about $ 70 million, Avatar cost the producers


$237 million. We could have done three Mangalyaan missions using that money and who knows, by then ISRO would have found ways to make space missions even more cheap.Avatar- 2009. Budget- $


237 millionPic courtesy: Avatar Facebook PageArmageddon- 1998. Budget- $ 140 millionApollo 13- 1995. Budget- $ 52 million (okay, we give it to this one)Pic courtesy- Apollo 13 Facebook page 


Gravity- 2013. Budget- $ 100 millionPicture courtesy- Gravity Facebook pageSunshine-2007. Budget- $ 40 millionPicture courtesy- Sunshine Facebook pageMission To Mars- 2000. Budget- $ 100


million