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I really want that people around the world should stop saying that this is a cheap mission. Instead you can say that this one is economical mission.

Saying it cheap is derogatory remark. ISRO was thrifty while spending funds on this mission.

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NASA actually had a rather successful program called "better, faster, cheaper" where we cut back on testing rigour in exchange for 1/2 - 1/3 mission cost

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2012/April/Pa...

Whether intended as a derogatory remark or otherwise, the economical mission cost is a direct consequence of very creative and clever engineering solutions. I remember following the launch, the series of orbit raising manoeuvres to slingshot the craft into a heliocentric orbit to begin the journey towards Mars, there by limiting the costs and enabling to work around mission constraints, was extremely impressive. I wonder if the success of this mission would spark a priority to optimize costs in missions across space agencies around the world.

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