Mission to Mars to be between 2013-2015

Panaji, Aug 31 (PTI) India's mission to Mars will take
place between 2013-2015, Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) chief G Madhavan Nair said Monday.

"We have given a call for proposal to different
scientific communities. Depending on the type of experiments
they propose, we will be able to plan the mission," he told
PTI.

The mission is at conceptual stage and will be taken
up after Chandrayaan-2, Nair said.

"Once in two years you get an opportunity for the
mission," Nair said.

ISRO Chairman is in Goa to host the eighth
international conference on low cost planetary missions.

He said that like Chandrayaan-1, which had cost less
than 100 million dollars, the mission on Mars will also be low
cost space odyssey. PTI