Mangalyaan, India's Mars Orbiter, has successfully commenced its journey to Mars
Before someone makes the inevitable "Why are they spending money on this instead of fixing poverty?" argument:<p>The whole Mars mission costs about as much as making four Bollywood movies.<p><a href="http://www.firstpost.com/india/ten-price-tags-to-put-isro-mars-mission-cost-in-perspective-1213429.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.firstpost.com/india/ten-price-tags-to-put-isro-ma...</a>