India’s tiger handsomely beat China by reaching the orbit of Mars ahead of the Chinese dragon.
Raksha-Rajneeti Network
The little known story on how what was to be a Martian marathon was converted into a hundred meter sprint by the late Prime Minister Manmohan Singh government and how ISRO hop skipped and jumped to reach planet Mars ahead of China. A remarkable back story embodying the innovative spirit of the Indian space agency.
Interestingly, after demonetisation in 2016, when new currency notes were introduced [by Prime Minister Narendra Modi], the image of Mangalyaan was printed on the Rs 2,000 currency note with Mangalyaan emblazoned below the image as an honour to ISRO.
This was a remarkable tribute to the space community that aced the Mars launch and landing on the maiden attempt.
