Odds were stacked against us: PM

September 24, 2014 11:42

Excerpts from Modi's speech:

"With today's spectacular success, ISRO joins an elite group, of only three other agencies worldwide to have successfully reached the red planet.

"The odds, were stacked against us. Of the 51 missions, attempted across the world so far, a mere 21 had succeeded. But we have prevailed.

"Travelling an incredible distance, of over 650 million or 65 crore kms, we have gone beyond boundaries, of human enterprise and imagination."

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