On August 22, India made a historic moon landing with a spacecraft at the south pole of the moon. This mission was conducted by the Space Research Organization (ISRO).
No one had ever landed a ship on the moon’s south pole. This area is one of the most interesting and unexplored to date.
After NASA visited the moon several times as part of its various Apollo missions, moon landings became increasingly rare. One of the reasons for this was how expensive these space projects were.
For example, NASA spent about $24.9 billion on the Apollo program, which lasted 10 years, which would be about $170 billion today.
However, the Indian moon landing was significantly cheaper. As is known, the Ch-3 rover mission cost only 6,150 million rupees, about 75 million dollars.
Sure, the value is still exorbitant, but compared to space mission standards, it’s very cheap; Even the Indian moon landing cost much less than the production of several Hollywood films.
For example, Christopher Nolan’s legendary film “Interstellar” had a retail value of more than 165 million US dollars.
But it’s not the only one; Matt Damon’s The Martian was valued at $108 million.
It is very strange that a film in which actors play astronauts costs more than a real space mission.