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This paper discusses the rationale behind India’s space program, particularly its Mars mission which was launched in 2013. More specifically, the author 1) provides an overview of India's space program and how the Mars mission fits into this program; 2) examines the mission itself; 3) looks at the budget of the Mars mission as well as how the costs of the mission were kept down and whether India should have undertaken such a mission in light of the poverty that exists in the country; and 4) assesses the technological political and economic advantages created for India by the mission.