India has capability to send spacecraft to Mars.....

India now has the capability to send a spacecraft to Mars at a cost of Rs 500 crore, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. The Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office Prithviraj Chavan said sending a spacecraft to Mars would help in understanding the evolution of the planet by studying Martian atmosphere and ionosphere. Sending this spacecraft would also help in studying dust storms, interaction of solar radiation and particles with Mars, magnetic field and plasma enviornment around Mars, surface topography, composition and distribution of water-ice.