The mission has been executed on a shoe string budget. More than outsourcing, a partnership will be more beneficial. NASA's advanced Technology and ISRO's low costs could be explored.
NASA and ISRO are already partners, including for this very mission.
The scientific payloads of missions (development, design, manufacturing, operation, analysis) are usually a large percentage of the total mission's cost. It's worth looking at the exact scientific capabilities of a mission while comparing it with the cost. It's amazing how economically the Indians sent a probe to Mars, but its scientific capabilities were far smaller than the billion dollar NASA missions.
It is carrying payload from NASA as well. I think partnerships like these would be better for everyone as cost of a individual launch is still high.
~$140M.
What a weird question...
You mean let go NASA scientists?
I think he meant use ISRO's operations to send NASA's probes, rovers, satellites etc. for missions like these. NASA still gets to study and conduct experiments at a lower cost.
That also means let go a chunk of NASA employees handling those operations.
Yeah, but then again NASA using Soyuz or SpaceX does that anyway.
Ok you mean now lets handover the dirty job of logistics from Earth to Space to Indians and liberate NASA to focus on more important things. Good Idea!
Man, you have a very weird way of twisting what I said. Anyway, I would refrain from explaining myself.
I didn't mean to twist the topic. I don't see any other benefit of outsourcing. IMO NASA can't afford to pay it's scientists to think about getting something from point A on earth to point B in outer space anymore.
The problem space of space is infinitely large. Outsourcing some parts mean that you can focus on others. Every space agency and company on Earth do not need to work on the exact same problems, that’s all.