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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Space, I'm Clara Moskowitz.Got a minute?
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2 .Plenty have tried, but few have succeeded in sending a spacecraft to Mars, that is.
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3 .The latest entry is India, with its Mars Orbiter Mission, nicknamed Mangalyaan, which launched November 5.
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4 .(Audio from launch.)
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5 .The probe is being tested in Earth orbit now, and will head out for the Red Planet later this month.
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6 .If Mangalyaan reaches Mars orbit, it will study Mars's atmosphere and geology.
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7 .Its main goal, though, is proving the technological chops of India's homegrown space industry.
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8 .It would also join an exclusive club.
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9 .Of the more than 50 missions that have tried to reach Mars, about two thirds have failed.
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10 .Only the United States, the Europe Space Agency and the Soviet Union have pulled it off.
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11 .The mission costs almost 75 million U.S.dollars.
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12 .Critics call it a waste of money when so many people in India live in punishing poverty.
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13 .But India's space agency is hoping Mangalyaan will spur investment in the country and create new wealth for people all over India.
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14 .So there's a lot riding on this spacecraft.
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15 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Space. I'm Clara Moskowitz.
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