Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair on Thursday sought to silence critics of the Chandrayaan-1 over its "exorbitant" costs, saying that only a miniscule portion of the Indian space programme's budget had been allotted for the moon mission.
"Only three per cent of total budget of ISRO for three years has been spent on the mission. Most of the expenses have gone to create infrastructural facilities, which will be used for our plans to send satellites to Mars and Venus. Hence the question of spending an exorbitant amount does not arise," he said. He was inaugurating an international seminar on Emerging Scenarios in Space Technology and applications here.
Dedicating the successful Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Indian scientific community, he said, "It is a turning point in the country's space programme and has enthused young scientists."
Dedicating the successful Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Indian scientific community, he said, "It is a turning point in the country's space programme and has enthused young scientists."
