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Indian PM confirms manned mission to moon as country completes historic south pole landing (news.sky.com)
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[–] Lugh@futurology.today 2 points 2 years ago

One of India's big advantages is pulling off ambitious space stuff at a fraction of the price of everyone else. The total cost of this mission was $75 million, way lower than NASA or ESA would have managed it. That bodes well for them commercializing advances like this.