Zee Media Bureau/Shruti Saxena
New Delhi: India on Wednesday made history by becoming the first country in the world to enter the Martian orbit in its maiden attempt.
It is indeed a proud moment as India now joins the United States, European Space Agency and the former Soviet Union in the elite club of Martian explorers.
While Indians were elated and congratulated all the scientists and engineers of ISRO for becoming the first country in the world to enter the Martian orbit in its maiden attempt on Wednesday, Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan took to micro-blogging site Twitter and tweeted:
Today India has reached Mars on 7 times less price of a Metro Bus project whilst Nawaz shall enjoy US visit with 1 lac $ per day on our tax
— Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan (@DrAQ_Khan) September 24, 2014
Taking a jibe at India, he further tweeted:
India was once a child to us in terms of technology but these corrupt politicians arrested our scientists, closed researches on US direction
— Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan (@DrAQ_Khan) September 24, 2014
India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) sped over 650 million km through deep space for over nine months to reach the Red Planet's orbit, making India join the elite club of the US, Europe and Russia, which reached Mars after initial failures.
The Rs 450-crore ($70 million) ambitious mission was launched Nov 5, 2013, on board a polar rocket from spaceport Sriharikota off Bay of Bengal, about 80 km northeast of Chennai.
