Mars: Indians go at it too – The Point

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The engineers at NASA and elsewhere seem obsessed with Mars. Monday, after a journey of ten months, the Maven probe began orbiting the red planet with a mission to investigate the disappearance of the Martian atmosphere. “This could give us information on the potential habitability of the planet,” said Charles Bolden, head of NASA. And now, the Indians are in the game! MOM (photo), the first Mars probe of the Indian Space Agency (ISRO), was, too, reach orbit Wednesday and, like Maven, but with far fewer tools to study the atmosphere of Mars. With an overall budget of $ 74 million, against 671 million for Maven, MOM is especially for Indians superséance a drive, the way to secure a place in the space race of the twenty-first century. Meanwhile, on the surface of Mars, the Curiosity rover of NASA back in action, still obsessed with his search for clues that indicate the Martian environment was conducive to the development of life.

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