Lele A. Mission Mars: India's Quest for the Red Planet

Springer Science+Business Media, 2013. — 131 p. — (Springer Briefs in Applied Sciences and Technology) — ISBN: 8132215206.The objective of the book is to find an answer to the rationale behind the human quest for the Mars exploration. As a comprehensive assessment for this query is undertaken, it is realized that the basic question 'Why Mars?' seeks various responses from technological, economic and geopolitical to strategic perspectives. The book is essentially targeted to understand India's desire to reach Mars. In the process, it also undertakes some implicit questioning of Mars programmes of various other states essentially to facilitate the setting up of the context for an assessment.
The book is divided into two parts:
Part I: This covers both science and politics associated with Mars missions in global scenario and discusses the salient features of various Mars Missions undertaken by var Ganns Scientific Methods Unveiled: Volume 2ious countries.
Part II: This provides details in regards to India's Mars Mission.PreludeWhy Mars?
Discerning Mars
India and Mars Agenda
Indian Multidimensional Space Plan
Mars Orbiter Mission
Asia’s Investments in Mars
Depicting and Debating
Mars Missions: Past, Present and Future
Cost Contested: Perceptions Versus Reality
Wrapping Up