Space is a harsh environment right, it is
not very forgiving, things don’t tend to
last well in space
I mean it clearly is a technological demonstrator,
there’s no question about that. It was never
intended as a prime scientific mission
It shows, India can solve these extremely
hard, technological problems even with a small
budget.
You know here at Purdue, we think during
winter to even start a car after a
couple of days, and its too cold right, whereas in space we are talking about 
temperature fluctuations of plus or minus 250
degrees Fahrenheit
That a relatively low cost vehicle
can actually get you there
When you’re designing these complex systems,
you would like to test them as much as you
can and you want to fully understand the system.
When you don’t have a whole lot of money
its hard to do that right? You have to, in
some sense, not necessarily cut corners, but
try to do things very smartly and very practically right, 
and to be able to do what you need to do, to be confident that it will work
You can innovate on cost on one issue but can
you innovate on cost on every issue that
remains a question
What I find significant is that it's an
Indian home made product
I could imagine if I had a very constrained
budget, that I would be very nervous sending this
thing to Mars right. Because when you think about
it, other missions that have gone to Mars
with a much bigger budget have only been successful
half the time
If we are able to save costs then we can
actually drive the savings to other development
projects
Basically one of the main points from this
mission is the confidence boost
When we go to Mars, we are developing technology,
we are creating more jobs, and we are inspiring
the generations, the current generation, to
think beyond what we have normally been used
to
If some set of people who are committed can
do this then they can also make huge progress
I would say that’s its collaborative
I think when such achievements come about
then that’s when suddenly people start feeling
that you know we are from India, we are Indian
What I would urge to the kids, I was one of
them till a couple of years ago is to follow
your passion, and to get motivated by the
successes.
So given a constraint you can do as much quality
job as anybody else it's just that you have
to put your heart into it and I think that’s an
important message.
